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Valve woos developers with 2,000 free Steam Machines
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Valve opts for two sets of more conventional buttons for gamepad
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Streaming services confirmed for Valve's Linux distribution
Read More »And so it begins – Ubisoft to release Ghost Recon Online on Steam Early Access
And then the industry realised that there’s a ton of money to be made by releasing unfinished games. The colossal success of DayZ, Rust and many others on Steam Early Access has caught the attention of traditional publishing, with Ubisoft announcing plans to release Ghost Recon Online on the service. …
Read More »Maxis details the colossal job involved in taking SimCity offline
It has taken over half a year to successfully take SimCity offline, Maxis has claimed. The studio on Monday confirmed plans to finally introduce an offline mode to the game. Much of the reaction to the news in the games press focused on previous claims from the studio that such …
Read More »World of Warcraft designer joins League of Legends team
Former World of Warcraft lead systems designer Greg Street has accepted a lead position at League of Legends developer Riot Games. Polygon reports on Street’s updated LinkedIn profile, which lists his current job as lead game designer at Riot. Street’s Facebook page further reveals that he’s been with Riot since …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 fails to keep pace
The early success of next-gen consoles appears to have claimed a very high profile victim. OPM reports that estimates from analysis firm Cowen & Co peg Gran Turismo 6’s sales to date in America at 300,000 units. In the same period, predecessor Gran Turismo 5 sold 1,169,074 copies. For what …
Read More »Rabbids TV show debuting on Nicktoons next month
Ubisoft’s Rabbids IP is to make its cartoon debut in the UK next month. Rabbids Invasion will air on Nicktoons on Monday February 3rd at 4:30pm. The series will air daily and run for 26 episodes with each episode lasting half an hour. A dedicated page for the show will …
Read More »EA tipped for third consecutive ‘Worst Company’ gong
The Consumerist has admitted that EA looks like a strong contender to claim an unprecedented third consecutive Worst Company in America gong. We haven’t even begun to ask for nominations from readers for the next Worst Company In America tournament, but some are already making the case for once again …
Read More »Early Wii U hardware underpowered and suffered from a poor tool chain, claims dev
But indies defend console, saying criticisms only reflect early iterations of SDK and praise Nintendo support
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