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Humble Bundle’s AAA experiment with THQ has come to a close, and the results look very solid. The effort raised just under $5.1m by selling nearly 900,000 units across its two weeks of availability. Each sale allowed buyers to choose the split between THQ, Humble Bundle, and charity donation. The …
Read More »Steam’s Community Market open for business
Valve has announced the beta launch of its Steam Community Market, a system designed for users to buy and sell in-game items with Steam Wallet funds. The rolling out of the service means all consumable Team Fortress 2 items owned by players can now be purchased or sold for real …
Read More »Capcom turns fan-made crossover game into free official release
Capcom has revealed a community-friendly development for fans of the Mega Man and Street Fighter franchises. The publisher will celebrate the end of Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary, as well as the beginning of Mega Man’s 25th anniversary, with the free official release of a fan-made crossover effort that brings the …
Read More »Hotline Miami sells 130k, has seen ‘extraordinary levels’ of piracy
It’s nice to find out indie hit Hotline Miami is being enjoyed by paying customers as well. Speaking with Eurogamer, Graeme Struthers of publisher Devolver Digital revealed the game had sold 130,000 copies in its first seven weeks – despite being illegally downloaded at what Struthers describes as extraordinary levels.” …
Read More »Rockstar developing cutting-edge engine for next-gen – report
Rockstar North is hiring for what appears to be work on an engine designed for current and next generation platforms. Job listings spotted by NowGamer indicate that the Grand Theft Auto V developer is looking to create a cutting-edge engine. The studio is seeking an experienced programmer to focus on …
Read More »Cloud gaming service Playcast plans Q1 2013 launch in US
Television channel-based cloud gaming service Playcast will launch in the US early next year for set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company is currently in talks with game publishers including Activision, THQ, Warner Bros., and Telltale Games ahead of its leap into the states during Q1 2013, according to …
Read More »Journey composer sees games as music’s ‘Wild West’
Journey composer Austin Wintory feels privileged to work in a medium that he believes is a ‘Wild West’ for musicians. Wintory’s score for Thatgamecompany’s award-winning title is the first full game soundtrack to receive a Grammy nod – a development that wasn’t lost on Christopher Tin, whose Civilization IV track …
Read More »Valve tested Dota 2 on tablets, determined technology not there yet
Valve wants to bring Dota 2 to tablets, but the existing tech won’t allow for it quite yet. Speaking with Kotaku at the VGAs last week, Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed the potential port when asked about any interesting software projects in the works. "We were working on getting Dota …
Read More »Fate of Bioshock Vita game ‘in the hands of business people’
New, less promising, info on the Playstation Vita Bioshock game last mentioned back in April has come about. Irrational Games head honcho Ken Levine tells IGN that the game remains something he’s interested in, but its fate is currently out of his hands. That is in the hands of business …
Read More »Minecraft 360 edition averaging 50,000 sales a week
It looks as if the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has a good chance of running down its PC predecessor in terms of sales. Gamasutra reports the XBLA version is still selling between 40,000 and 60,000 copies a week just over half a year from launch. As of the end …
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