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Valve has hired economics professor Yanis Varufakis, who will be helping the games company navigate the labyrinth of digital economies. Varufakis, a native of Athens, has become well known for mixing labyrinths and economics as an influential commenter on the Euro Zone Crisis, and author of "The Globabl Minotaur". It …

Valve has announced Steam’s top ten selling titles and products from the past week. Looks like Stardock made the right move finally coming around to the idea of their titles on distributors outside of Impulse (now currently owned by GameStop), as the latest in the Sins of a Solar Empire …

Dev partners with World Vision to bring livestock to the impoverished

Valve has revealed the top ten selling titles on Steam for the first week of June, with Max Payne 3 taking the top spot for the second week in a row. Bohemia’s FPS ArmA 2 kept its grasp on the runner-up position thanks to the continued popularity of the game’s …

Crysis developer Crytek has apparently claimed that it is to become a free-to-play only studio. Speaking to Videogamer.com, CEO Cevat Yerli said that the growing DLC and premium services” model is milking customers to death”. The transition will come once the developer has completed its current contracts for traditional boxed …

Deep Silver has announced Dead Island Riptide, a new entry following up on the publisher’s zombie horror title. Though not appearing to be a true sequel to Dead Island, Riptide will be its own standalone affair. The game is currently in development by Techland for consoles and PC, beyond that …

OnLive has claimed that it has millions of subscribers worldwide”, but has once again decided not to reveal the number of gamers paying to use its service. OnLive went live at E3 2010 with just 19 games in its library on only PCs and Macs over Ethernet,” an official statement …

Namco Bandai has announced the PC version of Dark Souls will be sold through Steam. The news comes on the heels of vigorous protesting by fans following an initial announcement that only mentioned Games for Windows Live as far as PC integration and vending. According to Eurogamer, the digital distributed …

Jagex is closing its MMO 8Realms after little more than a year since the game’s closed beta was released. Develop understands that as a result of the closure, a number of Jagex staff are to lose their jobs, while others will have their positions moved within the company. Jagex has …

38 Studios has successfully made a $1.125m payment to the state of Rhode Island. The news comes after reports that the MMO developer’s collapse could cost state tax payers $112m, and word from Joystiq that the studio couldn’t make payroll or pay the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee announced that the …