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The second act of Kickstarter-backed adventure game Broken Age is nearing release, and developer Double Fine is marking the occasion by bringing the game to PS4 and PS Vita. The US PlayStation Blog reveals the full release of Broken Age will arrive in North America on the PlayStation Store on …
Read More »Octodad: Dadliest Catch heading to Wii U, Xbox One
Indie hit Octodad: Dadliest Catch will expand its platform stable later this year, as developer Young Horses have announced Wii U and Xbox One editions are in the works. Both are expected out this summer, with the Wii U version being co-developed by Young Horses and Panic Button Games. Young …
Read More »Steam tops 9m concurrent users
Steam has once again bested its concurrent user record, surpassing 9m active accounts for a stretch during the past weekend. VG247 reports Valve’s digital platform peaked at 9.06m concurrent users around midday Sunday, Pacific Daylight Time. The figure dethrones the previous best of 8.51m users logged at the beginning of …
Read More »Star Citizen client likely to reach 100 GB
Cloud Imperium Games expects Star Citizen’s game client will likely weigh in at 100 GB, adding that individual patches will likely range between 2-20 GB. According to the developer, the large downloads are due to the size and number of assets being implemented into the space trading and combat sim. …
Read More »Kickstarter alum Among the Sleep surpasses 100,000 sales
First-person horror game Among the Sleep has surpassed 100,000 copies sold, developer Krillbite Studios has revealed. The indie studio informed Eurogamer of the milestone at GDC this past week. The game got its start through a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, earning $248k on a $200k goal from more than …
Read More »Indie hit This War of Mine in the works for iPad
11 bit Studio’s wartime sim This War of Mine is in development for iPad devices, the developer has revealed. Touch Arcade has the first look at the game’s mobile edition, which is expected out on the Apple App Store later this year. The indie studio promises an identical experience to …
Read More »Leadwerks 3.4 adds new vehicle and water features
Free trial of development platform now supports Linux
Read More »Next major Borderlands release to skip Xbox 360, PS3
Gearbox’s next major Borderlands release will bypass PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms for their new-gen counterparts, according to publisher 2K. 2K president Karl Slatoff’s statement comes in the wake of yesterday’s Take-Two financial report: Looking further ahead, we have robust long-term pipeline of titles in development, including ground-breaking new intellectual …
Read More »Steam surpasses 8.5m concurrent users
Concurrent users on Steam topped 8.5m earlier today, setting yet another record for the digital distributor. It was reported just last week that Steam had hit 8,357,541 concurrent users, which at the time was the most Valve’s service had ever experienced. Today however, the Steam stats page shows concurrent users …
Read More »Maniac Mansion creators’ Thimbleweed Park exceeds Kickstarter goal
Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick have successfully crowdfunded their new adventure game Thimbleweed Park, raising more than a quarter of a million dollars over the campaign’s funding goal. The recently concluded Kickstarter effort – and true spirtual successor” to Maniac Mansion and other Lucasfilm Games from decades …
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