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Intel Developer Blog recaps past Android OSs and what lies beyond their candy-covered names
Read More »World of Warcraft revenues "drop 54% in seven months"
One analyst has speculated that the time may be nearing for Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft to make the jump to free-to-play. A report by Superdata Research, as spotted by CVG, claims that the MMO has experienced a drop in revenues of 54 per cent in the last seven months. …
Read More »IGF-Steam deal renewed for 2014
Awards show finalists welcomed on Valve platform for second year
Read More »Valve brings digital game sharing to Steam
New scheme will allow account holders to lend their entire library to other users
Read More »Motivations behind software development
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog discusses the reasons behind why software devs do what they do
Read More »Success for Steam subtitles campaign
A campaign to get Steam to confirm whether or not a game includes subtitles in its listings has seemingly been a success. MCV reported in July that UK gamer Kristina Barber has began a petition for the addition of such information, saying at the time that I don’t think in …
Read More »Free-to-play shooter Warface coming to Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is getting another free-to-play war title – Crytek’s Warface. The Korean developed title offers your typical FPS multiplayer fair and is due to arrive on Microsoft machine some time in 2014. Wargaming’s free-to-play World of Tanks is due for release on Xbox 360 some time later this year. …
Read More »Free Steam Keys for select Gun Monkeys players
Gift key giveaway intended to solve problem of underactive servers
Read More »Valve greenlights 100 new games for Steam
Latest batch of titles to stress test dev tools and publishing system
Read More »Valve approves 100 Greenlight games for Steam
Valve has approved a stout 100 indie titles for release on Steam through its Greenlight program. The digital distributor explained in a post on its official news feed that the large number of approvals are part of a plan to run a stress-test on its improved and streamlined developer tools. …
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