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EU residents are now able to obtain refunds on their digital Steam purchases. The no questions asked policy has been introduced in an amendment to the Steam Subscriber Agreement document. If you are an EU subscriber [which in Valve’s terminology you become by installing the Steam client and completing registration] …

Cities: Skylines has run past 500,000 sales in less than a week. The game became Paradox Interactive’s fastest-selling title thanks to it moving 250,000 copies on launch day. The company revealed yesterday that number has now doubled: "Looks like we broke the 500k barrier, HUGE thanks to every single Chirpy …

Valve has released an updated version of the Steam Subscriber Agreement, included in which is a new clause that requires users to disclose when they’re being paid to promote a product on the service. Gamasutra reports a new clause that requires users to clearly communicate when they are using a …

Sony will roll out a private beta for its PlayStation Now PS4 games streaming service in the UK this spring. PlayStation Now allows users to play games that are actually being run on remote computers, with the image being streamed to the player and the player’s controller inputs to the …

Iwata has relented and given the green light for Nintendo games on smartphones – and the markets are delighted. At the time of writing the platform holder’s share price is up by over 25 per cent so far today, trading at $19.95. It’s the highest price the company has traded …

Curve Digital is releasing its next PC game exclusively on the Humble Store for a limited time. Former Wii U exclusive Stealth Inc 2: A Game of Clones game will be released proper on April 7th but can be pre-ordered on the Humble Store right now. Order between now and …

Sony has reported an increase in sales and income for the quarter ending December 31st. Revenues were up 6.5 per cent to 14.4bn, with operating income up by over 100 per cent at just over 1bn. Favourable exchange rates were credited as the main reason for the boom, although PS4 …

PEGI age ratings will now be displayed on games sold on the Google Play store. It is part of PEGI’s roll-out onto digital platforms via The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC). The Coalition allows developers to submit their game to one group, and obtain an age rating for multiple markets …

Online game subscriptions like PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live will now be used to calculate the impact of inflation. As spotted by Eurogamer, these schemes have been added into the UK Government’s consumer price index (CPI), the list of goods and services used to measure inflation. PlayStation Plus and Xbox …