Lines of code found in the latest Steam client beta are adding credence to a long-running rumour that Valve is working on its own cloud gaming service.
Data miner Pavel Djundik has found several references to a cloud gaming operation in the beta client’s code, along with additional code that refers to timed trials.
“We knew about NVIDIA before, but this beta adds more methods for Steam to interact with the NVIDIA cloud.
This is the first we’ve heard about an apparent Steam Cloud Gaming service since last year, when Steam’s developer-only portal received a code update with references to the service.