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Hit Steam Early Access title Kerbal Space Program is receiving an educational update dubbed KerbalEdu, an application developed specifically for teachers and students. The game’s developer Squad has partnered with Finland-based TeacherGaming – an indie studio focused on education, and also the company behind the development of MinecraftEdu. A single …
Read More »Valve announces Steam Holiday Auction
Valve has detailed the Steam Holiday Auction, a limited time event allowing users to trade community items like Trading Cards for full games including Civilization: Beyond Earth, This War of Mine and more. Starting this coming Monday, Steam account holders can trade in unused items for Steam Gems that can …
Read More »Star Citizen adds pets as crowdfunding giant tops $65m
Upcoming space sim and undisputed crowdfunding champion of the world Star Citizen has surpassed $65m in total funds received, thanks in part to developer Cloud Imperium’s promise of in-game pets. In a post on the Star Citizen’s official site, creator Chris Roberts revealed that the dev team would implement cats, …
Read More »Bad Juju acquires digital games platform Desura from Linden Lab
Linden Lab has sold off computer games storefront Desura, after having acquired the digital distribution service just last year. Gamasutra reports middleware tools developer Bad Juju Games has purchased the service from Linden Lab. Bad Juju states it will be able to bring new features to the Steam competitor, including …
Read More »Humble Bundle organizers have ported over 100 games to Linux
Humble Bundle’s in-house port team has ported more than 100 games to the Linux platform, the company announced today. A new post on the Humble Bundle Blog explains that the porting of PC titles to other platforms like Linux, Mac and Android has played a big part in the success …
Read More »Costume Quest 2 launches on PS3, PS4 this week
Costume Quest 2 is heading to PS3 and PS4 this week, with the PlayStation editions offering an exclusive Sackboy costume. Publisher Midnight City details the title’s crossover with LittleBigPlanet’s protagonist on the PlayStation US Blog, adding that the game will launch October 28th on PlayStation console platforms in North America …
Read More »Civilization: Beyond Earth confirmed for Mac and Linux
Impending PC release Civilization: Beyond Earth is also heading to Mac and Linux, publisher 2K Games has announced. Port-focused developer Aspyr posted the announcement on the studio’s official site, following a confirmation post on Twitter from 2K. The Mac and Linux editions won’t be out alongside the Windows PC version …
Read More »Hotline Miami 2 delayed, now expected by early 2015
The sequel to violent indie game hit Hotline Miami has suffered a delay, developer Dennaton Games has confirmed. Joystiq reports Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is now scheduled for a late 2014 or early 2015 release, after the title missed it previously announced release window of September 2014. "Hotline Miami …
Read More »Star Citizen to enter Guinness Book of World Records
In-development space sim Star Citizen will enter the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest crowdfunded effort ever, lead developer Chris Roberts has announced. Roberts stated in a new post on Roberts Space Industries that the title will go into the record books "not as the largest crowdfunded game …
Read More »Steam music player officially launches
Valve has released the Steam Music Player to the general public, allowing Steam users to play MP3 files off of their hard drive within the Steam client and while in-game. According to a new post on Steam’s news section, the service – originally introduced earlier this year in beta – …
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