'); } Valve's Gabe Newell was on-hand at CES in Las Vegas to introduce a wide line of third-party Steam Machines, the company's big Linux-based play for the living room game experience. Partners were leaked earlier this week, but Valve confirmed the following companies: Alienware, Alternate, Cyberpower PC, Digital Storm, Falcon Northwest, Gigabyte, iBuyPower, Material.net, Next, Origin, Scan Computers, Webhallen.com, Zotac, and Maingear. This initial large slate of partners is just the beginning -- Valve's plan is to get as many manufacturers making Steam Machines as possible, in order to get Valve's distribution service into peoples' living rooms. For game developers, this means the PC market has a chance to gain even more relevance, even as new consoles Xbox One and PlayStation 4 exhibit strong initial hardware sales.