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Valve has added a new option to Steam, allowing users to permanently delete games and other purchases from their library. VG247points to the new feature – perhaps a welcome sight to those who have made questionable purchases during discount promotions, or received a joke gift from someone on their friends …
Read More »Ratings spotted for Dirt: Rally on PS4, Xbox One
Listings for PS4 and Xbox One editions of Dirt: Rally have popped up on Taiwan’s rating board. VG247reports both Playstation and Xbox ratings list Codemasters as publisher, but there’s no word of a release date or window. The ratings aren’t official confirmation, but a console release is always something that’s …
Read More »Steam Spy accuses devs of raising game prices ahead of Steam sale
Steam Spy has accused a number of developers of foul play ahead of the distributor’s latest major sale. Silicon Anglereports the Steam analytics website called out multiple studios for raising the prices of their products just before the PC platform’s Exploration Sale – thus allowing them to gain featuring while …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: November 22-28
Fallout 4 was able to hold off the rising tide of titles on special for Steam’s currently winding down Exploration Sale, taking the top spot on this week’s best sellers chart. Bethesda’s recent release finished at full price ahead of all of Steam’s discounted offerings, with Grand Theft Auto V …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: November 15-21
Fallout 4 continues its reign atop Steam’s best-selling products chart, while Football Manager 2016 has settled into the runner-up position for consecutive weeks. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took third, knocking Black Ops II down a peg to fourth in the process, and GTA V rounds out the top five. Past chart …
Read More »Analyst predicts 70m VR headset sales by the end of 2017
The jury remains out on the real market potential of virtual reality but analyst Superdata thinks it’s going to be a BIG hit. VG247 reports that the company has predicted that a whopping 70m VR headsets will have been purchased by the end of 2017. This represents around $8.8bn in …
Read More »Free-to-play PES 2016 rated by Australian Board
Konami may be about to release a second version of PES 2016 that scraps the game’s upfront costs. The Australian Classification Board has listed a title called Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Free To Play. No platforms have been specified, and while its not stated you’d expect the game to be …
Read More »Steam’s autumn and winter sales dates leaked
It looks as if the first of two big Steam sales will kick off next week. ShackNews reports that messages in a Steamworks developer group date the Steam Autumn sale for November 25th. It will run until December 1st. It then adds that the Steam Winter sale will run from …
Read More »SLI and Crossfire support ruled out for PC’s Batman: Arkham Knight
Multiple GPU users have been told that the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight will never make use of their available graphics cards. We’ve been working with our development and graphics driver partners over the last few months to investigate utilizing multi-GPU support within Batman: Arkham Knight,” a Warner developer …
Read More »Deux Ex: Mankind Divided suffers six-month delay to August 2016
Square Enix’s upcoming cyberpunk sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has been delayed by six months for ‘quality’ reasons. That’s the news from head of studio at developer Eidos Montreal, David Anfossi, who announced that the game’s February 23rd launch would now take place on August 23rd next year. We’re confident …
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