// News // 16th Oct 2015 — 9 years ago // By Calum Parry

The Steam Link Makes An Introduction

First it was the power of PC gaming to the living room with Steam's Big Picture mode and now Valve wants you to take your PC gaming to any room with Steam Link.

Coming November 10th, alongside their own Steam controller, the Steam Link allows you to play your PC games on any TV in the house. And it will be incredible simple to do so as well. Connect the Steam Link to the TV and router, launch Steam and off you go.

What's more, is that the device supports 1080p 60FPS and variety of controllers inc Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers, the upcoming Steam controller and of course keyboard and mouse.

No longer will you be bound to your desk for PC gaming or spend hundreds on a console sized gaming PC. Get yourself the Steam Link and stream your collection directly to the TV and enjoy the comfy couch.

The Red team from Team Fortress 2 certainly seem to be enjoying it. Check out new released introduction trailer above for more and for all the details and to grab yourself one, which happens to include Rocket League and Portal 2 for free, visit the Steam Store.

Calum Parry

Staff Writer

A bearded fellow whom spends most days gaming and looking at tech he can never afford. Has a keen eye for news and owns a dog that's a bear.

COMMENTS

GarySheppard - 10:29pm, 16th October 2015

This looks really nice, but I'm out of HDMI ports on the TV so it'll take some fiddling and adapter connecting. Likely I'll end up getting one though, it's a pretty good price for what it does.

miguelsheets - 10:56pm, 16th October 2015

Anyone know if there's a difference between doing this and plugging a laptop into my tv and streaming via steam?

Acelister - 02:32pm, 18th October 2015

"Video and audio data is sent from your computer to the Steam Link, while your controller input is sent back in real time. Virtually every game that your computer runs can be played on your TV using Steam Link."

So... Nope, no difference.

GarySheppard - 11:04pm, 16th October 2015

Doesn't look that way. It looks like it's essentially just a thin-client machine so it'll function the exact same way as steam home streaming. The only real difference would be that you wouldn't need to worry about plugging and unplugging it all the time. The trailer seems to think that's exactly what people will do but I'd expect to see these used as a permanent fixture more often than not.