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Over the course of this week Valve has made three announcements that outline its plans for the future of Steam, its digital distribution platform. There’s a lot to take in, and many questions that still need answers. Here’s a summary of what we’ve learned this week.

Valve has announced details of their upcoming family sharing service for users of their digital distribution platform, Steam.

Valve has unveiled a new set top box for home entertainment users to access thousands of gaming titles with their new product, codenamed, “Piston”.

Steam’s annual holiday sale begins today, offering PC gamers the chance to download dozens of games at ridiculously low prices. Titles on sale include XCOM: Enemy Unknown, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and a small discount on the recently released Lego: The Lord of the Rings.

Valve’s Gabe Newell has finally confirmed the company is looking to directly compete with consoles with living room PCs.

It barely seems like a week since Steam’s Halloween sale, but it’s that time again already: Steam’s Autumn sale has begun, and it’s a biggie. Current discounts are on titles such as The Walking Dead, Darksiders II and tons of indie games like Bastion and World of Goo.

Has your bank balance recovered from the Steam summer sale? Let’s hope so, because it’s time for the annual Steam Halloween sale to kick-off.

The second batch of indie games accepted onto Steam through Greenlight have been announced, and instead of the expected 10, there are over 20.

Under two weeks after the launch of the program, Valve has announced the first titles to make it through the Greenlight service that will move to be released on Steam.