The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam. Valve announced it is now offering support for such titles, including use of Steam’s micro-transaction backend system to handle in-game transactions. The system is already available to Steamworks partners and currently used in titles such as Team Fortress …

In a move that was perhaps always an inevitability, publisher EA looks to have played its next move in its strategic kerfuffle against Steam. Kotaku reports that recent shooter Crysis 2 has suddenly disappeared from Valve’s online portal. It can still be found, of course, on EA’s new Origin store. …

Crysis 2 will likely become exclusive to publisherâ??s own rival service, Origin

Ahead of its AGM today, retailer GAME has admitted that trading to date in 2011 is significantly down on 2010. Choosing to once again blame what it sees as a global slump in the video games market, in the period between February 1st and June 11th GAME’s revenues are down …

Microsoft is to launch a brand new official steering wheel accessory for Xbox 360. Called the Wireless Speed Wheel, the peripheral features all standard controller buttons aside from analogue sticks and bumpers, as well as haptic feedback and rumble. Presumably, as it has no static base it will control via …

UK retailers GAME and Gamestation will be the only High Street chains to stock the Special Edition of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. The SKU will include a soundtrack, special cover art and several bits of DLC – Ezio’s Ultimate Armour and two new multiplayer characters. It will also include the Constantinople …

How important is the UK market to Sega? Mike Hayes, CEO, Sega Europe and Sega America: Yeah there was that claim a few years ago that the UK was the second biggest games market in the world. Clearly, the UK is still a big market. But I would say, the …

Peripherals firm Logic3 has established a new partnership with Gem Distribution. The deal will see the former’s products – including the i-Station, Screen Beat and Top Drive – made available through a wide range of UK retailers. We are thrilled with the opportunity to represent the Logic3 brand as they continue …

Rockstar’s LA Noire was the best selling game in the US in May, selling 889,000 units across Xbox 360 and PS3, according to Giant Bomb. However, its success was not enough to stop a 19 per cent year-on-year slump in the US software market, which hit a value of $375.8m. …

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