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Valve boss explains philosophy behind Half-Life company's 'boss-free' structure

Digital currency spikes above $1,000 again thanks to backing from social games company

The PlayStation 4 is finally on sale in India, and Sony is already talking shortages. Several nation-wide retailers, including Landmark, Game4u and Games The Shop held midnight launches for the PS4 last night. The console retails at Rs 39,990, with the camera and Dualshock 4 peripherals priced at Rs 4,990 …

Plastic Piranha’s upcoming FPS Rekoil will land on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam later this month, publisher 505 Games has announced. A 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the downloadable title will launch for PC on Steam January 28th. Rekoil: Liberator will launch a day later on January 29th for …

Valve has updated its family sharing options for Steam games, implementing a new two-step validation process. A post on Steam’s community site explains that a user’s account will now need to get clearance from the original account holder – in addition to getting authorization on the receiver’s hardware – to …

DayZ is on top of Steam’s top ten sellers list again this week – beating out another slew of discounted titles during the distributor’s end of 2013 sale. Facepunch Studio’s open world survival game Rust continues to perform well as an Early Access offering. The title rose from fourth last …

Co-founders leave Burnout and Need For Speed studio, Criterion working on next-gen new IP

Studio co-founders Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have left EA-owned developer Criterion Games. "Alex Ward and Fiona Sperry have decided to leave EA," a spokesperson told Polygon. "We appreciate their many contributions through the years and wish them well in their future endeavours. "The incredibly creative and talented team at …

Alleged DDoS attacks taken servers offline and cause widespread disruption of digital storefronts

Xbox One owners can now access an alternative free character in Double Helix fighter Killer Instinct. A patch released by the studio has swapped previous free character Jago for Sabrewulf. It’s the first time the game’s free character has been changed since its arrival alongside Xbox One in November. The …