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The Halo franchise’s next major entry is still scheduled to land in 2014, Halo PR manager Rob Semsey has assured. Semsey took to Twitter to quell the noise made over the franchise’s absence from this week’s Xbox Wire post, which mentioned several other upcoming Xbox One titles scheduled to launch …
Read More »Far Cry 2 creative director leaves Valve
Industry veteran Clint Hocking is no longer working at Valve, according to the man’s LinkedIn page. Game Informer points to the former Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 director’s recently updated profile, which reveals he has departed from his designer post at the firm. Hocking had previously worked for Ubisoft …
Read More »Xbox One sells 3m units worldwide
Microsoft’s Xbox One has surpassed 3m units sold. Xbox corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi revealed the figure yesterday as part of a press announcement, stating that the new console had sold through 3m units across 13 countries prior to the start of the new year. "It’s been incredible to see …
Read More »Rekoil heads to XBLA, Steam later this month
Plastic Piranha’s upcoming FPS Rekoil will land on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam later this month, publisher 505 Games has announced. A 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the downloadable title will launch for PC on Steam January 28th. Rekoil: Liberator will launch a day later on January 29th for …
Read More »Valve tightens up Steam family sharing
Valve has updated its family sharing options for Steam games, implementing a new two-step validation process. A post on Steam’s community site explains that a user’s account will now need to get clearance from the original account holder – in addition to getting authorization on the receiver’s hardware – to …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 29 – January 4
DayZ is on top of Steam’s top ten sellers list again this week – beating out another slew of discounted titles during the distributor’s end of 2013 sale. Facepunch Studio’s open world survival game Rust continues to perform well as an Early Access offering. The title rose from fourth last …
Read More »Child’s Play raises $7.6m in 2013
Video game-focused charity Child’s Play raised a record $7.6m for children in hospitals and domestic violence shelters last year. The now decade-old charity announced the figure was raised through various events and fundraisers (both official and community-driven) over the past year – beating 2012’s total of $5m by a considerable …
Read More »PopCap co-founders depart studio
PopCap has confirmed the impending exits of CEO Dave Roberts and chief game designer Jason Kapalka. The developer confirmed that two-thirds of the studio’s founding trio are stepping down from their posts. The last remaining co-founder, John Vechey, will take over as the studio’s newly appointed general manager. "We wish …
Read More »Activision’s Marvel titles pulled from digital storefronts
UPDATE: Marvel games will continue to be made available at retail stores, Activision says. Games like Deadpool can still be purchased on the High Street, but is no-longer available from digital download sites. ORIGINAL STORY: Activision’s Marvel-licensed games have been permanently removed from Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live. Game Informer …
Read More »Eight-hour Steam sale doubles Q Games’ annual income
Multi-platform indie developer Q-Games saw its annual income double in the span of eight hours, thanks to a Steam community-voted sale on one of the studio’s titles. PixelJunk Eden was selected in a community vote to receive a front-page featured sale that dropped the game to $0.99 – 90 per …
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