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Valve doubles number of approved titles to 21 due to large number of 'high quality' submissions
Read More »Obituary: Mike Singleton
Storied British game creator passes after battle with cancer
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Develop speaks with Introversion on its latest hit in the making
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 7-13
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sales chart, revealing XCOM: Enemy Unknown has backed up last week’s first place finish with another this time around. Dishonored sneaks up to the runner-up spot, with Borderlands 2, its ‘Season Pass’, and Torchlight II rounding out the top five. The bottom …
Read More »Hawken gets closed beta date
Free-to-play FPS mech title Hawken has had its beta dated by new publisher Meteor Entertainment. Hawken is marketing itself as the first in a new generation of free-to-play titles boasting triple-A production quality. The Adhesive-developed title will enter closed beta on October 26th. It will run until October 29th. The …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed 3 PC system requirements revealed; no Windows XP support
Ubisoft has dropped support for the Windows XP in the PC version of Assassin’s Creed 3, as is evident from the recently released minimum system requirements. Unlike FIFA 13, however, the game will support Windows 8, which will have released (23rd October) by the time the game hits shelves (23rd …
Read More »INTERVIEW: OnLive’s second life
What a difference a year makes. In September 2011, OnLive was the literal centre of the Eurogamer Expo, handing out thousands of microconsoles to mark the launch of its games streaming service – giving users access to a healthy library of titles without the need for discs or downloads. Fast …
Read More »Valve launches software line
Valve has announced the launch of its creative and development focused software, now available on Steam. The first offerings include a desktop photo application, graphics tests for DirectX 10 and 11, a 3D production program, and a painting/drawing package. All our for windows, with a few being Mac compatible too. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 23-29
Valve has released the latest weekly top ten sellers chart on Steam, with Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II assuming their previous spots at the top of the list. Below the pair is at least a bit of shake-up thanks to some major promotions. The Total War Master Collection for instance …
Read More »Facebook games becoming more diverse, says exec
Different games for more people in more areas is the network trend
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