Jeanne TanHere’s the next step in mobile gaming.
Valve has announced two new mobile apps, one which will allow you to access and play any game or video from your Steam library on iOS and Android devices.
The Steam Link app is free and will allow you to stream and play any game on your device using the app.
You run the game on your PC, as long as it’s connected to either a 5Ghz network or plugged in with an ethernet cable. Which means you’ll probably be confined to playing games at home, anyway, so it won’t really be mobile gaming.
Still, it’s a step towards being able to play Steam games wherever you want, so we’ll take it. The app will also support also the use of a Steam Controller and MFI controllers.
The Steam Link app will be released on May 21 for iOS and Android devices.
Later in the summer, the Steam Video app is coming, with the similar function of letting you access and play Steam videos from your device. You’ll be able to watch the videos in offline mode as well.
We don’t know how well these apps with fare with Internet connections and such, but we’ll just have to wait to see how these apps turn out. Still, we’re definitely looking forward to using our mobile devices for even more games and content than ever.
You could call Jeanne a dabbler – anything she isn’t yet a fan of, she will be eventually. The list of things she’s into is only rivalled by the things she plans on getting into. Overanalysing makes everything fun.
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