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Steam users must be open about paid-for recommendations according to the store’s updated terms and conditions. These have been updated for Steam curators. Now they read: If you’ve accepted money or other compensation for making a product review or for posting a recommendation, you must disclose this fact in your …
Read More »Could you make the killer app for the Internet of Things?
Intel Developer Blog: Get started with the IoT through Intel's Developer Kit
Read More »Total War: Attila heading to PC in 2015
There’s a new entry coming to Creative Assembly’s Total War series early next year. As the name suggests, Total War: Attila sees Attila the Hun taking it to the fading Roman Empire. Features such as family and skill tress have been re-introduced to expand upon the established real-time turn-based strategy …
Read More »Wasteland 2 reaches $1.5m in sales in four days
Wasteland 2 has generated $1.5m in sales just four days out from release, developer inXile Entertainment has announced. "We are ecstatic that the style of game we love so much has been embraced so well," company founder Brain Fargo said. The studio originally ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised …
Read More »Razer opens beta for Synapse data tracking feature
Razer has released an open beta for new data tracking functionality in its Synapse software. Razer Synapse: Stats and Heatmaps allows users to collect data in order to track and share their mouse and keyboard stats, as well as recording how gaming devices interact with their games. Some of the …
Read More »Making big money apps, like Minecraft
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at how to streamline your HTML5 app
Read More »Blizzard has cancelled MMO title Titan
Mystery MMO Titan has been scrapped by Blizzard after seven years of development. "We had created World of Warcraft, and we felt really confident that we knew how to make MMOs," Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime told Polygon. "So we set out to make the most ambitious thing that you could …
Read More »UPDATED: YouTubers top Steam Curators list
Prominent YouTubers are proving to be the most popular faces as Steam’s new Curator system rolls out today. As reported earlier, the new Curator system allows users to list their favourite titles on the service. Following others allows Steam to construct a recommended games list according to which games feature …
Read More »Interview: How Valve hopes to improve discoverability on Steam
'Giving customers more options means giving developers more places for their product to make a connection,' says Alden Kroll
Read More »Valve shakes up Steam game discoverability
New recommendation system and curator list designed to improve how users find titles
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