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Do you live and breathe the Steam platform? Constantly wondering what your Steam friends are up to when you're way from your PC? Do you start to twitch if you don't get your Steam fix every hour on the hour? You should try coffee or Monster or any caffeinated beverage. In the meantime, Valve has found a way to feed your obsession to Steam with a new mobile app for Android and iOS.
The beta app lets you chat with your Steam buddies, browse community groups, check out user profiles, view screenshots of user-generated content, keep up to date on the latest gaming news, stay savvy to Steam sales, and more.
"The Steam app comes from many direct requests from our customers," said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. "Seeing which of your friends are online and playing a game, sending quick messages, looking at screenshots for an upcoming game, or catching a sale -- these are all features customers have requested. Mobile is changing way people interact, play games and consume media, and the Steam app is part of our commitment to meet customer demands and expand the service functionality of Steam to make it richer and more accessible for everyone."
Steam Mobile is a limited beta and if you're interested in participating, just download the app and sign in.
Steam Mobile for Android
Steam Mobile for iOS
Image Credit: Valve
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stradric
January 27, 2012 at 12:48pm
Anyone can download the app, but your steam account needs to be in the beta to actually log in. Sadly, mine is not so the app is just taking up space at the moment.
Adnelk
January 27, 2012 at 12:15pm
Great. Now its time for MaximumPC to have their own App. I mean really....you guys are Maximum - freaking - PC. Gurus of technology. Jedis of content delivery. Dare I say, the "Egg McMuffin" of magazines, and you guys don't have a 'Droid App so I can download old issues from my subscription and get your news updates at the push of a finger??
Get with the program, MaxPC! Give us another reason to love you.
TheFreeman
January 27, 2012 at 9:20am
I am assuming that you can have this app open while still having steam open on your PC. What I would love to see out of this app is the ability to purchase a game from the app and have it start downloading to your PC.
Scene: You are at work and see a game you've been dying to play on sale via this app. You purchase immediately! When you get off of work you go home and find the game already downloaded and waiting to play.
