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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 …

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 …

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 …

Valve has revealed the top ten selling titles for the past week on Steam. While pre-orders for Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC made a strong charge up the list, it was chart regular Chivalry: Medieval Warfare that grabbed the top spot. The indie medieval affair was boosted by a 50 per cent …

The seemingly unending sales onslaught of Minecraft has brought the title to another major milestone. The indie sandbox block-builder blockbuster has surpassed 20m units sold across its four available platforms, according to Mojang’s Jens Bergensten via Twitter. The company went on to reveal some key numbers for last year, announcing …

Valve has revealed last week’s top selling products on Steam, with some new blood making it onto various parts of the list (including at the top). Just launched sim title Euro Truck Simulator 2 makes a nice debut on Valve’s chart by taking the top spot in its first week …

Valve has announced the official release of Steam Guides, a player-driven catalog of tips and walkthrough references available for all to peruse. Introduced last month in beta, Steam Guides already boasts nearly 1,500 individual references. Each one created by the players, for the players. "Players may easily create guides through …

Intel Developer Blog: A look at the next twelve months for the ever-relevant platform

Valve has given the greenlight for ten new indie titles to make their way onto the Steam platform, including a few names we’ve heard before. American McGee’s current Kickstarter effort Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is part of the batch, and Replay Games has the go ahead to release its Leisure Suit …

The next-generation of consoles will be a huge commercial success according to a new report from the International Data Corporation. A new report entitled Worldwide Video Game and Entertainment Console Hardware and Packaged Software 2012-2016 Forecast reckons that the new offerings from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft will stand largely unchallenged …