In the first announcement to come from Valve, as teased by their countdown page that surfaced last week, the company has announced SteamOS. A Linux-based, free operating system that will allow you to stream Steam to your big, fancy television.
“Finally, you don’t have to give up your favorite games, your online friends, and all the Steam features you love just to play on the big screen,” reads the SteamOS page. “SteamOS, running on any living room machine, will provide access to the best games and user-generated content available.”
SteamOS is also bringing with it four new features, including In-home Streaming of your Windows/Mac games; access to Music, TV and Movies; Family Sharing and Family Options that can alter what games are seen by whom and provide a better experience for all the Steam users in a household.
The SteamOS pages states that a download for the OS will be coming soon and will always be offered for free.
Now, we wait for that Wednesday announcement.