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Xbox Live’s first free-to-play title Happy Wars has amassed over 1.2m players worldwide since launch. Developer Toylogic announced the figure earlier this week, while simultaneously rolling out a new holiday-themed update for the title. The update is supposed to improve matchmaking and online stability as well. Happy Wars debuted in …
Read More »The War Z arrives on Steam, attracts criticism
Standalone DayZ rival The War Z has finally been released on Steam – and has instantly been slated for a host of technical compromises. The vanilla version of the game costs 9.89 while other SKUs priced at 13.49 and 29.69 that include in-game currency. This in itself has irked some …
Read More »Koch Media invests in free-to-play firm
European distributor Koch Media is venturing into free-to-play games by investing in the company behind Brick-Force. Koch has acquired a significant minority stake in Berlin-based developer/publisher Infernum Productions. The move will give the firm a stronger presence in the growing sector. Infernum is best known for its F2P sandbox shooter …
Read More »EA launches Origin Free To Play
The publishing giant is rebranding its Play4Free label to add free-to-play games into its growing Origin offering. EA has announced plans to integrate established F2P portal Play4Free and its titles into its flagship download games service, eventually putting everything under the new Origin Free To Play label. Popular Play4Free games …
Read More »Steam’s Community Market open for business
Valve has announced the beta launch of its Steam Community Market, a system designed for users to buy and sell in-game items with Steam Wallet funds. The rolling out of the service means all consumable Team Fortress 2 items owned by players can now be purchased or sold for real …
Read More »Why multiplatform matters
Intel Developer Blog: A look at why a platform-spanning strategy from the off is key
Read More »Windows 8 game engine Rapid2D goes live
Free development platform includes physics, collision control and sound particle systems
Read More »Gabe Newell confirms Steam Living Room PC plans
A Steam-centric PC designed to live under consumers’ TVs will likely be launched in 2013, according to Valve boss Gabe Newell. Speaking to Kotaku, Newell revealed that the reaction to its recently released TV-friendly Big Picture mode for Steam has been stronger than he expected. As a result, plans to …
Read More »IGF finalists offered Steam distribution
The Independent Games Festival and Valve have announced an agreement that will provide all of this year’s finalists with a Steam distribution offer. The festival’s official site reveals Main competition finalists will have an opportunity to accept a distribution agreement with the PC digital games giant. The competition includes several …
Read More »Adhesive breaks open Hawken beta
Community members get access to much anticipated PC shooter
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