Valve appears to be looking into allowing Steam users to share their digital purchases with friends. Kotaku reports on a few lines of code dug up from the latest Steam client beta, revealing a ‘shared game library’ that gives users the ability to let other accounts borrow” a game – …
Read More »Valve – provider of games to high-income households
Take an average internet user. Then take an internet user whose household income is 50,000 or more. That second user is known as a ‘high income’ user. That’s despite the fact that families making 50,000 in London are PROPER SKINT. But that’s not a debate for these pages. What is …
Read More »EA: No next-gen FIFA 14 on PC because users have low-spec machines
It sounds like PC gamers may face a bit of a wait for true next-gen FIFA to be released on PC. The publisher disappointed the PC market when it confirmed that while the new Ignite engine will be used to power the Xbox One and PS4 versions of the game, …
Read More »Leadwerks crowdfunding native Linux development
Middleware outfit looking to help facilitate expansion of Linux games library
Read More »The Walking Dead ‘400 Days’ discovered in Steam database
It appears Telltale Games has more content up its sleeve for The Walking Dead prior to the award-winning adventure game’s highly-anticipated second season. IGN reports that an update for the game on Steam’s database lists ‘Walking Dead 400 Days DLC’ beneath both PC and Mac classifications. The content was mentioned …
Read More »Facebook sets local currency deadline
All games must be on the new local payments API by Sept 12
Read More »Deus Ex: The Fall skips next-gen in favour of mobiles and tablets
Square Enix teased us yesterday with talk of a new Deus Ex instalment, but it might not be what you expected. As reported yesterday, the next game in the series will be called Deus Ex: The Fall. However, it will not be released for home consoles and PC – instead …
Read More »Intel launches new free toolkit for Android developers
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks inside recently announced Beacon Mountain development environment
Read More »Steam gives Greenlight project a red light
Valve blocked game from Steam to avoid encouraging indies to split royalties
Read More »Dead Island TV ad banned
The Dead Island: Riptide ad has been pulled in Australia. The ad received a number of complaints over the depiction of suicide, says the Australian Advertising Standards Board. The ad shows a couple in a crashed boat, surrounded by zombies, who then blow up the boat with them inside. (You …
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