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Facepunch Studios’ open-ended sandbox physics game Garry’s Mod has sold more than 6m copies on Steam to date. What’s more impressive, the 2004 release garnered 3m – or 50 per cent – of that figure in the past year alone. Creator Garry Newman posted the news on his Twitter account; …

There won’t be a GTX 800 series range, with Nvidia believed to be preparing to launch its GTX 900 series of graphics cards next month. Videocardz.com had initially reported that the 900s would arrive this month, but newer reports pin a release date for some time in October. The 800 …

Egmont Publishing is releasing a new Minecraft book called Blockopedia. This hexagonal book is a ‘comprehensive reference tool for beginners and more experienced players alike’, written by former Edge editor Alex Wiltshire and is accurate up to the latest 1.8 game update. Working closely with Mojang, we wanted to make …

Valve will expand its support of iD Tech’s summer technology camps for children and teenagers, the companies have revealed in a joint announcement. Valve has been a partner of the program for nine years, and starting this year will provide Steam accounts, the Source SDK and Valve games such as …

Intel Developer Blog: A look at a tool than can help devs carry out crucial performance analysis on extensive CPU and GPU data

The release of Dead Rising 3 for Windows had Capcom’s title out in front on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The PC version – dubbed Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition – finished ahead of regular chart-toppers Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and DayZ. Behind the trio, Civilization: Beyond Earth and …

Elder Scrolls Online team Zenimax Online Studios has been hit with a round of layoffs, Bethesda VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines has confirmed. Hines provided an explanation for the redundancies toJoystiq– stating that the level of customer service necessary six months ago when the game launched is no …

Video game social network GamesGrabr has teamed up with digital distribution service Sony DADC Genba to sell games. Right now only digital PC titles through Steam are available. Over time GamesGrabr says it has plans to sell games across a variety of platforms and also aims to be selling boxed …

Valve has quietly pulled Early Access title The Stomping Land from the Steam store, after months of inactivity surrounding the game’s development. While the $25 in-development game’s store page remains live, the option to purchase it is no longer available. The last update for the game came in June, with …

The second season of The Walking Dead took the top spot on Steam’s best sellers chart for the past week, thwarting 2K’s second impressive attempt to take over the entirety of the top ten. The publisher scored another four entries this week, following last week’s performance that claimed half of …