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Valve to support 12 new local currencies in 2014
Read More »Apple to pay out $32.5m over unintended in-app purchases
A Federal Trade Commission complaint has Apple readying a pay out of at least $32.5m to consumers the company billed for unauthorized in-app purchases. Seems the settlement was specifically over the company failing to inform parents that by entering a password, they were approving an individual in-app purchase – along …
Read More »SteamDevDays: Free Steam Machines to conference attendees
Valve woos developers with 2,000 free Steam Machines
Read More »SteamDevDays: Steam Controller loses touchscreen
Valve opts for two sets of more conventional buttons for gamepad
Read More »SteamDevDays: TV, Music, Movies for SteamOS
Streaming services confirmed for Valve's Linux distribution
Read More »Report: The Last of Us ‘Left Behind’ DLC arrives next month
The Last of Us will receive its first piece of DLC on Valentine’s Day, according to a leaked promotional image. GameTrailers reports on a captured PlayStation Store ad that alleges the content will launch on February 14th, at a price tag of $14.99. The content pack is also available as …
Read More »Steam VR service launches in beta
Valve has announced the beta launch of its Steam service for VR platforms, including the Oculus Rift. Valve programmer Joe Ludwig took to Steam’s community pages to post instructions on how any Steam user with VR headset can utilize the service’s Big Picture mode to play games that carry VR …
Read More »50 Things to look forward to in 2014
MCV takes a look at the biggest releases and events that will affect the games industry in the next year. 1. Dark Souls II For the masochistic gamers out there a sequel to the insanely difficult Dark Souls will be coming to stores in March. The series has a relentless …
Read More »Games for Oculus Rift could cost more than on Xbox One and PS4
Some still believe that virtual reality will be the next big thing in games – and it might come at a cost. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe has admitted that games for the hyped Oculus Rift VR system could cost more than those available on the likes of PS4, Xbox One …
Read More »The console fitness revolution goes mobile
In 2008, Nintendo released the highly successful Wii Fit – a fitness title that went on to sell 23m units and started a series that has sold over 44m copies to date. Suddenly an influx of competitive products emerged from the biggest names in gaming such as EA and Ubisoft. …
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