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Players flock to store as summer sale nears end

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The latest addition to 505 Game’s Sniper Elite series has gone straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The title came out on both current and next-gen platforms, with 65 per cent of sales being for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This is …

The latest Steam Sale has helped Valve’s digital games service hit a brand new milestone. As spotted by NeoGaf, on Sunday evening there were over 8m concurrent users of the service. Specifically, as of midnight UK time there were 8,020,428 people on the service. That beats the 7m+ record set …

EA Sports has unveiled Ultimate Edition versions of the studio’s upcoming Madden NFL 15, FIFA 15 and NHL 15 releases. IGN reports the premium offerings will retail individually for $70 USD, and as one would expect each offers extras in addition to the base game. FIFA 15 Ultimate Team Edition …

Deep Silver has picked up the North American retail distribution rights for downloadable PC hit Goat Simulator, the publisher has announced. Participating retailers in North America will begin carrying Coffee Stain Studio’s Steam chart-topper in mid-July. The boxed version will happily match the title’s digital price tag of $9.99. Next …

Borderlands 2 came out on top of Steam’s latest top sellers chart, as the Summer Sale rages on. The title’s Game of the Year edition finished ahead of last week’s winner, Skyrim – though its Legendary edition was still able to nab the runner-up slot. Payday 2 surged to third …

Blizzard’s hit card game is getting a single-player mode next month. Curse of Naxxrama was announced back in April, but fans won’t have to wait long to get hold of it, with Blizzard’s community manager (named Arati) confirming the game is due in July. Pricing for the expansion will be …

Autodesk, Unity and Marmalade also supporting next week's event