Xi3, the hardware manufacturer behind the grapefruit-sized $1,000 Piston PC, has said it was asked to specifically build a product by Valve amid growing confusion about the relationship between the ...

This week Xi3 showed off its upcoming "Piston Console," including the fact that it will ship with a copy of Windows and use proprietary controllers - though it will ship with no controller at all.

For the past several months, the Internet has been flush with rumors about a so-called Steam Box that has the potential to revolutionize PC gaming. Such things have an unfortunate way of disappearing ...