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Supergiant Games – developer of the multi-award winning indie gem Bastion – has taken the lid off of Transistor, a sci-fi action RPG set to launch in early 2014. The announcement comes on Supergiant’s blog, where Creative Director Greg Kasavin confirmed the entire Bastion team is onboard for the new …
Read More »Uncharted 3 multiplayer downloads increase as new DLC revealed
Uncharted 3’s multiplayer client has been downloaded 350k times since Sony flipped the free-to-play switch. Naughty Dog announced the figure in a Playstation US blog post that also revealed new multiplayer DLC will arrive for Drake’s Deception each month through June. The paid content offerings start today, with the ‘Oddball’ …
Read More »Capcom and Valve team up for Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead crossover
Valve and Capcom will look to create some zombie synergy with the announcement of a content crossover between Left 4 Dead 2 and Resident Evil 6. The promotion will merge the two worlds together, adding the four survivors from Left 4 Dead 2 to Resident Evil 6’s Mercenaries No Mercy …
Read More »Dead Space 3, Crysis 3 US retail sales for February revealed
We now have specific sales figures to go with EA’s relative dominance last month at US retail. Info provided to Gamespot, following NPD’s February 2013 report, revealed chart topper Dead Space 3 sold 605k units for the month. The game was on top of the UK weekly software charts in …
Read More »Fez launches on Steam this May
Xbox Live Arcade will be forced to loosen its exclusivity grasp on Fez this May, as a coming soon page for the game has appeared on Steam. Polytron’s indie gem will arrive via Valve’s popular PC platformon May 1st, according to the game’sstore listing. No additions or alterations from the …
Read More »Epic Mickey 2 Vita port revealed for UK
Disney has revealed a PS Vita port to try and breathe new life into Junction Point’s 2012 commercial disappointment, Epic Mickey 2. Disney UK tweeted a shot of the Vita box art (pictured), stating that the version will launch sometime later this year. The Playstation Europe blog later posted that …
Read More »League of Legends sees another massive player spike
League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced its MOBA sensation is now peaking in excess of 5m concurrent players. PCGamersN reports Riot’s latest figure dwarfs Steam’s biggest offering, Dota 2, at just 300k concurrent players. In fact, Steam itself just recently hit 6.6m concurrent users; so the eSports hit …
Read More »Duke Nukem II iOS release to mark 20th anniversary
Apogee Software’s 1993 release Duke Nukem II will land on iOS next month. Nukem’s 2D platformer sequel, originally launched on MS-DOS, will be priced at $1.99 and will work on iPhone 4S and newer iOS devices. "Before Duke Nukem 3D, before the sunglasses, before the one-liners, and before the strippers …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 10-16
The Alpha version of Arma 3 has nabbed the top spot in consecutive weeks on Steam’s latest top sellers chart. Bohemia’s upcoming realistic FPS retains its crown a week after its number one debut, while pre-orders for Bioshock Infinte have the game climbing two spots to the runner-up position. Tomb …
Read More »Newell: Valve saw 50% business growth in 2012
Valve’s tight grip on the PC market is paying off, as the company saw business grow by around 50 per cent last year. Gabe Newell revealed the info during an interview at the BAFTA awards last week, where he was honoured with the Academy Fellowship. Newell mentioned that a recent …
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