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On Monday we told you that Valve would be dishing out its very own operating system called SteamOS, with the promise of being able to run on any "living room machine." Well now we finally have some sort of idea as to what those mysterious living room machines will be, as Valve shed some light today on the proverbial "Steam Box." And as it turns out, it looks like we'll have multiple Steam boxes to look forward to in the New Year.There will reportedly be several different models of Steam gaming machines to choose from, and if the artwork on the official announcement page is anything to go by, then it looks like you'll have your choice from a variety of different colored and rectangular-shaped hardware. There's no word yet on what kinds of specific factors will differentiate the various models of the Steam machine, other than being made by different manufacturers, but Valve promises more information on this very soon (as well as a screenshot of what the actual prototype will look like in person!)."All of the upcoming Steam machine models will be running on the new SteamOS operating system once they're released to the masses sometime in 2014. However, there's also a chance that you could be one of the very lucky few who will be chosen to test out a new Steam box as early as this year! Valve will be shipping out a limited run of 300 free Steam boxes before 2013 is over, so players have a chance to test it out and provide Valve with valuable feedback about the new system, as well as SteamOS.

The first of three mysterious announcements from Valve has been unveiled today, and it looks like Steam will be getting a brand new free operating system designed to take advantage of your TV and your living room. It's certainly the next logical step for the innovative gaming company after the recent success of their Steam Big Picture Mode.The newly coined "SteamOS" will use a Linux-based architecture combined with a Steam gaming experience that is fine-tuned for the big screen. But the best part about the new operating system so far? The fact that Steam OS will be available as a "free stand-alone operating system for living room machines.""The official announcement page for SteamOS tells us that the operating system is capable of running on "any living room machine," and that it will come with a significant performance upgrade that not only increases the breadth of graphics processing, but also audio performance as well.