Infinity Ward developing for Valve-backed Piston PC?

Call of Duty developer posts image of specially branded tech, suggesting studio is working with the grapefruit-sized PC.

Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward may be developing for the Valve-backed Piston mini-PC from Xi3.

The developer has posted an image of what appears to be an Infinity Ward-branded Piston to its Facebook page along with a caption that simply reads "game development."

Infinity Ward posted a similar image to its Twitter account, writing "What's this?"

An Activision representative was not immediately available to comment.

Xi3 announced the modular, grapefruit-sized computer designed around Steam's TV-focused Big Picture mode during the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Valve itself at the time announced that it had invested an undisclosed amount in Xi3.

As for the Activision-owned Infinity Ward, the developer recently moved into a new office space and has no announced projects. Last month, Activision revealed that a new Call of Duty game will release in 2013. Executives do not expect this game be as commercially successful as immediate predecessor Black Ops II.

By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.