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Crysis developer Crytek foresees a future for the company where none of its titles make it to retail. That’s because the German developer wants to become the leader in what it believes is the emerging hardcore free-to-play space, with its own Gface platform at the centre of it – much …
Read More »Valve and JJ Abrams join forces
The filmmaker behind Star Trek, Cloverfield, and television’s Fringe and Lost could be going into games development. In the opening session at the DICE conference today, JJ Abrams appeared alongside Valve boss Gabe Newell, and the two nonchalantly spoke of the possibility of movies based on Half-Life and Portal. The …
Read More »SOE prepares to close down free-to-play FPS Bullet Run after just 7 months
Free-to-play FPS Bullet Run is to be closed down on March 8th. Sony Online Entertainment’s PC shooter only went live in August, but billing for the title has already been cancelled with any outstanding subscription charges having been refunded. Developer Acony will retain the rights to the code, but SOE …
Read More »Facebook ‘redefining’ platform with core gaming shift
Social network aiming to diversify offerings for all markets, says Sean Ryan
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 27 – February 2
Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on February 2nd, revealing a pair of new releases have made their mark on the chart this time around. Indie Antichamber fired out of the starting gate late last week to claim the fourth spot on the list, while …
Read More »Roberts: Next-gen won’t phase PC Kickstarter scene
Developer of crowdfunded project Star Citizen is betting on PC to trump new consoles
Read More »German Consumer Rights group takes Valve to court
VZBV claims Steam end-user license agreement is in violation of European law
Read More »New Steam Greenlight features introduced
Valve continues to refine Steam Greenlight, adding several new features to its crowd-sourced indie games selection service. Valve’s community blog announces that game pages now feature an ‘Ask me again later’ button; on top of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ voting options. When games or software are skipped over, they will …
Read More »Steam concurrent user growth rate up significantly compared to 2012
Valve’s PC digital distribution platform Steam is currently growing 300 per cent faster than it was a year ago. PC Gamer reports Steam reached the high point of 6.6m concurrent users online this month, compared to 5m users in January 2012. The 6m mark was surpassed in November, meaning Steam …
Read More »PC gamers told not to expect enhanced Dead Space 3 performance
The PC version of Dead Space 3 will offer little in the form of graphical plusses over the console releases. That’s because developer Visceral Games felt it a bigger priority to make the game experience consistent across platforms rather than utilising the extra power afforded on many modern PCs. [The …
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