Valve has released Steam’s top sellers chart for the week ending on April 21st. For the second week in a row, dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock claims the top spot. The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition jumps to the second spot, with Skyrim keeping a tight grip on the third. Newcomers …
Read More »DOTA 2 to be a "new kind" of free-to-play
Valve will pursue its experiment with the free-to-play games model with a new plan to release its upcoming game DOTA 2 for free, the company’s managing director has said. Gabe Newell claimed Valve is not applying a wholly conventional freemium model for the online action strategy game.Usually, freemium games are …
Read More »Star Wars: TOR interest already on decline, analyst suggests
EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO may already be fading in regards to player numbers, a new report from Cowen and Company suggests. The game is forecasted to keep 1.25m subs by the end of the fiscal year, a steep and rather quick decline from the 1.7m figure recorded …
Read More »Facebook launches new developer program
Preferred Marketing Developer program to connect studios with brands looking to build social network content
Read More »EVE cash for cards deal sold out
So how long did CCP’s PLEX for graphics cards deal last? Less than two minutes. The EVE Online developer teamed up with nVidia to offer players the chance to buy GeForce GTX 560 graphics cards with PLEX, the game’s in-game currency. The 100 cards made available were completely sold out …
Read More »The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings review roundup
The first UK reviews for Namco Bandai’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings have gone live, and critics are delighted with what the former PC-only title has to offer. While it runs on what would have been medium graphics on the PC version, this is a very small cross to …
Read More »Dark Souls gets PC date; Fans protest against GFWL support
Namco Bandai has confirmed that the PC version of Dark Souls will be released on August 24th. The SKU – called Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition – will utilise Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live. And it seems that the move has already proved unpopular with fans. In fact, a …
Read More »NCsoft lets Guild Wars 2 fans play early
Guild Wars 2’s biggest fans can play the game early by buying the title in advance. Fans who pre-purchase one of the upcoming MMO’s three editions (Standard, Digital Deluxe or Collector’s) from today, will be able to access all Beta weekends and will gain access to the product three days …
Read More »John Romero discusses upcoming shooter
Former id Software designer and current Loot Drop CEO John Romero has provided new info regarding his upcoming FPS. Romero gave Eurogamer a few details to chew on, including that the title will likely be an ‘MMO-ish’ persistent world game that will be developed for PC first. "Yes, I’m definitely …
Read More »Report: PlayStation 4 specs leaked
Next-Gen console to feature custom Radeon HD 7670 and AMD quad core processor with integrated graphics chip
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