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Valve has announced the approval of nearly two dozen new games for its Steam Greenlight program. The second set of picks contains 21 games and is over double that of the first batch announced last month. Given the number and quality of games submitted, and the ship date of many …
Read More »Borderlands 2 moves 1.4m console units in US
Not that there was much doubt to begin with, but it looks as though Gearbox and 2K have a real winner on their hands with Borderlands 2. GI.biz reports the game has moved 1.4m copies at US retail, noting that figure omits digital numbers which includes Steam (all PC sales) …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC confirmed for late November
BioWare has revealed the upcoming Omega DLC for Mass Effect 3, set to land in US and Europe late next month on PC, PSN, and XBL. The developer confirmed the details following a leaked video interview (since pulled) that spilled the beans at New York Comic Con over the weekend. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 7-13
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sales chart, revealing XCOM: Enemy Unknown has backed up last week’s first place finish with another this time around. Dishonored sneaks up to the runner-up spot, with Borderlands 2, its ‘Season Pass’, and Torchlight II rounding out the top five. The bottom …
Read More »Borderlands 2 Captain Scarlett DLC hits next week
Borderlands 2 will receive its first major piece of DLC next week with the release of Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty. The add-on is scheduled to arrive next Tuesday, October 16th – presumably across all available platforms though it wasn’t specifically addressed. It’s free to Season Pass owners and …
Read More »Darkstalkers resurrected with console-bound digital collection
Capcom has announced Darkstalkers Resurrection, a digital collection of the franchise heading to consoles next year. The title was announced during a Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Panel at New York ComicCon. It’ll be developed by Iron Galaxy Studios and include arcade versions of Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge and Darkstalkers 3 …
Read More »NPD September: Sports titles and Borderlands 2 on top, sales down YOY
NPD has released its US retail video games report for September, revealing yet another month with sales down year-over-year. Total industry sales were down 24 per cent YOY at $848.3m. Hardware dipped 39 per cent to $210.9m, and software sales were down 14 per cent at $547.3m for the period. …
Read More »Kickstarter UK launches this month
A launch date for Kickstarter UK has been set. The service expands into the new region on October 31st, and users are allowed to start building their projects right now – though none can go live until the end of the month. Kickstarter has provided a solid FAQ post on …
Read More »TOYLOGIC: AAA games will shift toward free-to-play
Toylogic has touched on the indications of launching Xbox Live’s first free-to-play game Happy Wars, predicting that the release marks further expansion of the model – specifically into the AAA market. Studio president Yoichi Take spoke on the trending method ahead of his game’s release this Friday. "I believe it …
Read More »PlaySpan data leak compromises millions of accounts
A server breach of the PlaySpan Marketplace has led to the leaking of personal account information for millions of users. MCV sister site Develop reports the publisher-sponsored monetization firm has shut down the Marketplace site, after info including user IDs, email addresses, and encrypted passwords were found to be compromised. …
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