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Valve and Adult Swim have partnered to bring the weird and wonderful antics of Rick & Morty to Dota 2. A post onAdult Swim’s Twitter accountrevealed the new Dota 2 announcer pack, with the $7.99 DLC available now on thegame’s store. The pack swaps out the ‘Default’ and ‘Mega-Kills’ announcers …
Read More »Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight is heading to Xbox One
Popular mobile match-3 title Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight is releasing as a free-to-play title on Xbox One. The Xbox store says it will be released next week on August 25th. Like the mobile game, it will also support in-app purchases to aid player progression through its 195 levels. New …
Read More »Hearthstone’s mobile migration is costing Blizzard money
The increasing number of players opting for the smartphone and tablet versions of Hearthstone is resulting in lost revenue for Blizzard. It was revealed last month that the game’s mobile revenues have spiked since the launch of the iPhone and Android earlier this year. However, as pointed out in a …
Read More »Building cross-platform apps with native performance
Intel Developer Blog: A look at a collection of tools that can help you to build apps for multiple platforms without sacrificing native performance
Read More »The Talos Principle in the works for Xbox One, according to ESRB listing
The Talos Principle is heading to Xbox One, if a listing by the ESRB is anything to go by. A new ESRB listing spotted byDestructoidindicates the game will soon arrive for Microsoft’s current console hardware. No word on when the Xbox One release is scheduled to land, but the worldwide …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 9-15
Rocket League remains ahead of the pack on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers, while its DLC release Supersonic Fury made its chart debut in eighth. Like clockwork, Ark: Survival Evolved and Grand Theft Auto V finished behind the popular ‘cars playing soccer’ affair in the runner-up and third spots. …
Read More »Terraria arrives for Mac and Linux platforms
Terraria has officially launched for Mac and Linux, with both clients offered for free to owners of the Windows edition of the game. Re-Logic kicked off an open beta test for the new platforms just a few weeks back, and a post on theTerraria forumsconfirms their full release. The now …
Read More »Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4 is coming to Steam 10 years after its predecessor was released
Aussie-flavoured platforming series Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is back after a decade’s wait. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan was released way back in 2005 for the PS2, original Xbox, GameCube and Game Boy Advance. Yes, that long ago. Ty 4 is leaving the consoles behind to …
Read More »The Flock launches next week, will conclude after 215m player deaths
Multiplayer horror game The Flock will launch later this month, with developer Vogelsap sharing the exact number of deaths the game will allow before disappearing completely. The intriguing and twisted take on Red Light/Green Light wasannounced last monthas a title that would no longer be playable after a set number …
Read More »Valve: No plans for CS:GO International despite Dota’s success
Valve has reiterated their decision not to host a single world championship for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive despite the success of last week’s Dota 2 finals. The International 5 concluded at the weekend, reaching a massive audience with several million watching across five official language streams, with American team Evil Geniuses …
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