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Microsoft has announced the first pool of Xbox titles coming to Windows 8. PlayXBLA reports Wave one will include 29 titles from Microsoft Studios, a handful of which being exclusive to Windows 8. Non-Microsoft standouts include Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride, and BlazBlue Calamity Trigger. Some will be available …
Read More »Valve ‘jumping in’ on the computer hardware business
Valve has finally admitted the company’s plan to enter the hardware market. A job listing spotted by The Verge for an ‘industrial designer’ position on Valve’s website clearly reveals the firm’s intentions. Valve is traditionally a software company. Open platforms like the PC and Mac are important to us, as …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 26 – September 1
Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten products chart, and once again Counter-Strike: Global Offensive takes the top spot. The list is full of doozies this week, including Borderlands 2, Dark Souls, The Walking Dead, and of course the seemingly ever-present ArmA II/DayZ all duking it out on the top …
Read More »Madden 13 moves 900k units on launch day
Madden 13 sold 900,000 units in the first 24 hours following its launch, according to EA’s internal estimates. The figure is a seven per cent increase from the same period for Madden 12. EA added that the game set a record for number of day-one users playing a Madden title …
Read More »Steam Greenlight launches, nearly 400 entries already added
Valve has launched its crowdsource-based indie game selection application Steam Greenlight. The site had around two dozen titles listed shortly after launch this morning, and at current stands at 379 games. "We’ve been working on this feature for the last few months with the input from a group of indie …
Read More »Capcom, GameStop team up for Six Flags Resident Evil Halloween promo
Six Flags has tabbed Resident Evil 6 for the amusement parks’ Fright Night festivities coming in October. Capcom has partnered with GameStop and the theme park to bring the latest in the Resident Evil franchise to parks nationwide. Pre-ordering a copy of the game will get you a discounted ticket …
Read More »Star Wars: First Assault trademark filed
Another Star Wars game appears to be in the works, though not much concrete info to pass along beyond that. Fusible reports Lucasfim has filed trademark applications as well as obtained domains for ‘Star Wars: First Assault.’ ‘Interactive video games’ are among the multimedia application categories for the filing, though …
Read More »Gearbox excited about next-gen projects
Gearbox has plenty in the present to smile about with Borderlands 2, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t excited about what it has in the works going forward. We’ve got a few things going on right now that we haven’t talked about but that’ll appear later,” company president Randy …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 for Wii U in development by BioWare and Straight Right
Australian studio Straight Right has revealed its helping BioWare develop the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3. The company revealed the news on their Facebook page, stating that the team is working in conjunction with BioWare on the port. It was previously rumoured that its sister company Tantalus Media …
Read More »Zynga chief creative officer Verdu exits to start new mobile studio
Zynga’s chief creative officer Mike Verdu is on the way out of the social games company to start his own mobile studio. Verdu spoke with AllThingsD regarding his departure, and specifically how he’s not looking to add to the noise level despite the timing. "I personally don’t want to add …
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