Maingear's Drift computer runs the SteamOS for games in the living room.
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Maingear’s Drift PC brings 4K gaming and the SteamOS to the living room

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Gaming computer maker Maingear is announcing the Drift, a 4K gamer PC that runs Valve’s SteamOS and lets you play Steam games in the living room.

The game machine is part of a raft of computers debuting today as Valve releases its SteamOS, Steam Controller, and Steam Link accessories that make it much easier to play PC games on your living room TV. Valve, the designer of the Steam devices and operator of the Steam digital distribution service, has enabled a whole ecosystem of PC makers like Maingear to provide some serious competition to both Microsoft’s Windows and the major video game consoles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.