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Valve has requested developers with games listed on Steam Greenlight to cease the practice of trading game keys for votes. IGN reports on Steam’s message sent to participating devs, which points out how these votes skew the true customer interest in the Greenlight submission. "We do not think these votes …
Read More »Bossa Studios reveals Worlds Adrift
Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios has unveiled its atmospheric open-world adventure game, Worlds Adrift. Bossa made news earlier this month, when its debut title Surgeon Simulator reached 2m sales. The team – which is also in the midst of developing its Steam Early Access release and upcoming mobile effort I …
Read More »Dying Light DLC Cuisine & Cargo arrives
Techland has detailed DLC plans for Dying Light, with the game’s first content drop Cuisine & Cargo launching today across all platforms. The studio has provided content descriptions and release window info for all three pieces of DLC that make up Dying Light’s $19.99 Season Pass. The just released Cuisine …
Read More »Valve opens virtual item economy to all Steam games
Valve has rolled out the Steam Inventory Service in beta, allowing game developers the option to create in-game items that can be traded and sold throughout the greater Steam Marketplace. A post on Steam News details the pre-release launch of the new feature set: With this service, a game can …
Read More »EA, Bioware cancel Shadow Realms
Bioware has announced its episodic, co-operative PC game Shadow Realms is no longer in development. Bioware Austin general manager Jeff Hickman confirmed the cancellation of the game today in an update on Shadow Realms’ official site. "While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots …
Read More »Evolve receiving 3GB day-one patch to improve matchmaking load times
Evolve players will have to endure a 3GB day-one patch when the game launches later this week, developer Turtle Rock has announced. The game’s official site has word of the sizable mandatory update hitting all platforms as soon as the title goes on sale. The patch improves load times in …
Read More »Sinclair Spectrum classic Deus Ex Machina receives mobile re-release
1984 Sinclair Spectrum release Deus Ex Machina has been re-released for mobile, and is available now on iOS and Android. Polygon points to the iOS listing of Deus Ex Machina 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, which packs both original and updated graphics of Mel Croucher’s cult classic as well as a …
Read More »Sega Europe names Jason Rice as new Director of Brand Licensing
Sega Europe has made its second major hire this week, appointing Jason Rice as the company’s new Director of Brand Licensing. Rice boasts 18 years of experience in commercial branding, having most recently served as an executive with Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network. Prior to that, Rice served as head of …
Read More »Activision confirms Treyarch developing next Call of Duty
Call of Duty’s 2015 entry will be developed by Treyarch, franchise publisher Activison has confirmed. The company confirmed the studio’s involvement as part of yesterday’s Q4 financial briefing. Treyarch is part of a three developer carousal for the series, alongside Call of Duty: Ghost’s Infinity Ward and Advanced Warfare’s Sledgehammer …
Read More »Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta logs 20m matches
Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta participants played 20m matches over 2.5m hours, Microsoft has revealed as part of an infographic on the event. The image created by developer 343 Industries (enlarged below) states those 20m matches amounted to 290 years worth of gameplay and 181m confirmed kills. We’re thrilled with …
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