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Read More »Free-to-play games typically lose 70 per cent of initial user base
Former Empire: Total War designer Jan van der Crabben warns free-to-play developers to expect a 70 per cent drop in initial registered users. Crabben, speaking during a keynote at GDC Europe, emphasized that player retention is key for free-to-play titles to find any kind of success. Crabben went on to …
Read More »Steam update to showcase user-generated content
Valve will present the community's best with new Hub pages
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 5-11
Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the past week, revealing a new contender with an old face has entered the charts in a big way. Skyrim, ArmA II/DayZ, and Borderlands 2 all make their marks, but ultimately Counter Strike: Global Offensive has emerged the winner. Fueled by pre-orders …
Read More »Steam expanding digital library with non-games
Creativity and productivity software coming to distribution platform from September 5th
Read More »Non-games head to Steam as digital distribution competition heats up
Valve has added an important weapon to the arsenal supporting its games download service – and it’s non-games. From September 5th the firm will be selling ‘creativity to productivity’ software on the store which has 40m registered users. So that means non-games sold alongside Valve’s own Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 …
Read More »Source 2 next-gen engine named in Valve files
Hidden in Valve’s Source Filmmaker are files that point to a next generation Source 2 engine, perhaps providing a reasonable explanation for why the company has yet to produce Half-Life 3. Valvetime.net uncovered files that carry several lines of code reference to ‘Source 2′, suggesting the studio is working on …
Read More »Rise of the Triad revival revealed
A Rise of the Triad reboot is in the works for PC, Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment have announced. A gameplay video shown at QuakeCon earlier today took the lid off the title, with a playable build of the title available at the event for attendees to check out. Like …
Read More »The War Z nets over 100k beta registrations in first 24 hours offered
Arktos Entertainment Group and Hammerpoint Interactive have revealed their upcoming MMO The War Z brought in over 100k closed beta registrations within 24 hours of being announced. The response in the first week since we announced the game has been incredible and it’s totally inspired the team,” said senior game …
Read More »EA Q1 report: $491m in total revenue; Origin, BF3 Premium subs grow
EA has announced its financial results for the prior quarter ending on June 30th, with reports and figures revealed for Battlefield 3 Premium, Origin, and more. Total net revenue (non-GAAP) for the company dropped to $491m compared with $524m earned in the same quarter last year according to the financial …
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