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Sales for the DC Universe MMO has jumped sevenfold in around twenty days since the game turned free, according to new data. Microtransactions for virtual goods has driven the game’s growth, with a flood of new players accessing the title. PS3 users make up a half of all the game’s …

Players will be able to download the 15th free expansion pack for PC space MMO EVE Online on November 29th. The Crucible add-on pack promises four fan-designed battlecruisers, new environments, three new faction-based captain’s quarters, ship rebalancing, graphical improvements and other minor multiplayer gameplay tweaks. A statement from developer-publisher CCP …

The creator of the Impulse digital distribution service, Stardock, is releasing its titles on Steam. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity is the first game to go live on Valve’s rival system, now available at a 25 per cent discount. The same offer is running on Impulse to promote the …

An entire MMO has been wiped from the internet after the game’s server was damaged beyond repair, according to translated reports. It has emerged that Japanese firm Sankando had shut down its MMO, called M2, late in October to perform emergency maintenance on a set of servers. Despite efforts by …

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Publisher Activision has backtracked on a statement that appeared to suggest that Call of Duty Elite may never get a dedicated release on PC. Though the PC version of the service has already been delayed, its official Twitter feed threw the community into panic last night with the following tweet: …

Four million of you have already played it, but two years on from its initial launch PC hit Minecraft has finally been completed. All copies of the game sold to date have either been the alpha or beta version. However, creator Markus Persson has confirmed via Twitter that the game …

PC fantasy adventure game sells 240,000 digital copies in six months

Valve has confirmed rumours circulating earlier this week that hackers have compromised the Steam network and, most worryingly, a database of information and personal data was compromised. A plundered Steam database, managed by games giant Valve, contains information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing …