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Lincoln
14 Sep 2007, 6:42am
Valve quietly released an update (http://icrontic.com/articles/steam_community_review) that turned Steam into XBox Live for the PC.

Other entertainment companies are paying attention. Sony is soon to unleash their "PlayStation Home" software, which takes the concepts of Xbox Live and wraps them up in a 3D third person interface that is similar to "Second Life". Another company that took note of Xbox Live's concepts is Valve.Digg this (http://digg.com/pc_games/Valve_s_new_foray_into_Social_Gaming_Steam_update_holds_a_lot_of_promise)

GHoosdum
14 Sep 2007, 2:52pm
I noticed the update also included the ability to use Steam as an app-launcher for non-Steam games as well.

I'm interested in checking out these features, but it seems that their servers were slammed yesterday and my Orange Box preorder hasn't been verified yet. :(