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Valve’s alteration of how it conducts its Steam Winter Sale appears to have paid off. In short: More customers bought more games across more of the Steam catalog,” was the headline summary of a Valve post that was seemingly mistakenly posted to the Steam VR page, although not before it …

Double Fine boss reveals is management style during Ask Me Anything session

Pillars of Eternity completes 2016 nominees for outstanding writing in a video game

Studio signs co-branding agreement with Walking Dead firm, reveals plans for documentary series, merchandise and more

Kevin Bayliss created character looks for Donkey Kong, Battletoads, Killer Instinct, Diddy Kong, Star Fox and more

Gazillion Entertainment CEO David Brevik has resigned after more than six years at the company. Brevik joined Gazillion from Diablo developer Blizzard North and was project lead on a Marvel Universe online game, which was later revamped to become Marvel Heroes and later Marvel Heroes 2015. In a statement, the …

Service supports more than 130 in-game payment options in over 200 countries

One of the big three virtual reality companies has said consumers will be able to pre-order its headset next month. HTC, which has partnered with Steam to make the Vive, will begin accepting pre-orders on February 29th. Oculus Rift made a similar announcement last week, although that was just two …

May is looking increasingly likely to be the month that the delayed sequel to 2011 shooter Homefront is finally released. Xbox Achievements caught wind of a reservation card for the game being sold by US retailer Target. That had a release date of May 17th 2016 printed on it. Now …

The exact number of Xbox Ones sold worldwide remains a mystery, but we now know that it is in excess of 18m units. GameSpot reports that a reporter on ZDnet heard from sources that new stat gathering for Windows 10 revealed that 18m Xbox One consoles are ‘active’. Microsoft later …