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PC GAMING WEEK:Choosing a console pretty much boils down to three things – price, games and brand. Choosing a graphics card is far trickier. With RRPs ranging from 50 to 1,000, price obviously plays a part. Games? Less so, unless there’s a partnership that offers a fancy graphical effect that’s …
Read More »The Steam age: Why Valve’s new computers matter
PC GAMING WEEK: Valve has been transforming the PC gaming marketplace. While the firm hasn’t been making – or at least releasing – third installments in its highly popular game franchises, it has been busy taking over PC retail with its Steam store. In October 2013 it was estimated that …
Read More »1m sales and counting for Rust
Punishing survival game Rust has cracked one million downloads, game creator Garry Newman has announced. Based around surviving in the wilderness, with activities including resource-gathering and crafting, Rust has spent several weeks at the top end of the Steam bestseller chart. The UK-based head of Facepunch Studios and maker of …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 2-8
Another week, another one-two finish for DayZ and Rust on Steam’s top sellers chart. The two have had nearly complete control of the top two spots for the better part of a quarter, and it appears it’s going to take something big to knock either from their posts. Starbound continues …
Read More »Six biggest PC games of the next three months
PC GAMING WEEK:Here are some of the biggest PC titles set to hit stores in the next few months. Thief Publisher: Square EnixDeveloper: Eidos MontralRelease date: February 28th Square Enix’s reboot of the classic stealth series is sneaking onto PC at the end the month. South Park: The Stick of …
Read More »Welcome to the Intel Galileo Development Board
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at the new open-source electronics prototyping platform
Read More »PC games market continues to show growth in 2013
Global PC gamer spending increased year-over-year in 2013, in spite of a comparative lack of major new releases. Games Industry reports on the findings of research group DFC Intelligence, which states the PC portion of the market continues to grow in the midst of a seemingly dry release schedule. Core …
Read More »Valve introduces Steam Music
Steam is to introduce a brand new bit of functionality – Steam Music. It’s not a brand new store front selling music, however. Instead the functionality offers users the chance to integrate their music collection into their Steam library. The key here is that gamers will be able to listen …
Read More »Bugbear’s Next Car Game makes $1m in one week on Steam Early Access
While releasing a game early doesn’t always reap rewards, it certainly has for racing specialist Bugbear. The studio has announced that its Next Car Game title made over $1m in its first week of availability on Steam Early Access, aping the success of Early Access forerunners such as Day, Rust …
Read More »Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number gets Q3 2014 launch window
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will launch this year at some point between July and September, according to publisher Devolver Digital and developer Dennaton Games. The game’s official Twitter account announces the sequel to 2012’s brutal 2D action game will land within the Q3 2014 period. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong …
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