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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PayDay 2 is out ahead of the pack again on the latest Steam top ten selling products chart. The heist title beats out Saints Row IV, which took the runner-up spot. The title also occupied the eighth spot with its Season Pass offering. Total War: Rome II, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, …
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Dozens of Big Fish staff have been let go and even more have been relocated as part of a business consolidation effort, the company has announced. Games Industry reports on the developments at the casual games firm, which includes the closing of its Vancouver office and a nine per cent …
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PC games space will close next year
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Ubisoft Massive has announced (video below) that its online role-playing shooter The Division is also headed to PC. The game was first revealed at E3 as a PS4 and Xbox One game, but citing fan demand, the developer will now also release the game on PC. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced at …
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Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 11-17
Steam’s latest top ten selling products chart has Payday 2 maintaining its hold on the top spot during its launch week. The heist game finished ahead of Saints Row IV in the runner-up position, Total War: Rome II in third, and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified in fourth. Chart mainstay Skyrim …
Read More »Microsoft cans games for Windows Live Marketplace
Xbox.com PC Marketplace joins Microsoft Points as casualties of online overhaul
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