The Alienware Alpha is a big step toward bringing PC gaming to the living room through a small console-like system. Our review of the Alienware Alpha is quite positive, and I couldn't help picking one ...

The Alienware Alpha is releasing later this week, and today, we're learning the company's PC turned console will be launching with a number of freebies. The first freebie Alpha owners will receive is ...

For all its advantages, PC gaming has always been hampered by a supposed restriction to the desktop. As PC manufacturers have looked to create platforms that compete against consoles for dominance of ...

Valve Software doesn’t make many games these days, but its Steam platform is the facto way of getting PC games from the web onto your PC. It’s plans to take over your living room with console-style ...

For the past fortnight I've been living with one of Alienware's Alphas to see what it's like having a primordial Steam Machine hooked up to my television. I wanted to know how well it played games, ...

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...