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It has not been a good weekend for Battlefield 4 fans. EA confirmed that the PC version of the game suffered a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack for much of the last 48 hours, preventing users from accessing the game’s online mode. The game’s Battlelog page carried the following …
Read More »Warner is bundling all three Batman Arkham games
As of next week UK gamers will be able to get their hands on all three Batman games in a single SKU. It’s called the Batman: Arkham Collection Edition and includes, as you would expect, 2009’s Arkham Asylum, 2011’s Arkham City and the recently released Arkham Origins. It will be …
Read More »New Lord of The Rings game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor revealed
Warner Bros has a new Lord of the Rings game in the works for current and next-gen consoles. As revealed by GameInformer, it’s called Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and is being developed by FEAR, Condemned and Guardians of Middle-earth creators Monolith Productions. It depicts events set between those of The …
Read More »Breaking the Steam monopoly
For many, the first word that comes to mind when discussing digital games is Steam. The Valve-owned digital distribution platform celebrates its tenth anniversary this year having opened its virtual doors back in September 2003. Since then, the success of the service has skyrocketed. Its most recent figures reveal there …
Read More »First ever PC karaoke title to launch this Christmas
Voxler Games has detailed Let’s Sing, the first karaoke game to launch on PC. PC fans need no longer be jealous of console gamers, as they too can now look forward to a spot of singing. Launching on December 12th, Let’s Sing is from Voxler Games, the publisher behind fellow …
Read More »Microsoft ‘lost its way’ with PC game support
Computing giant aims to have first-party studios developing across all Microsoft devices in future
Read More »Diablo III tops 14m sales worldwide
Blizzard’s dungeon-crawler Diablo III has passed the 14m sales mark across all versions. The figure includes the original PC edition, which launched back in May 2012, along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, which debuted in September 2013. "We’re pleased with the response to the game’s launch on PlayStation …
Read More »Microsoft: Core first-party titles will see release on PC
Microsoft has shifted its focus back to developing Windows PC releases of first party titles, VP Phil Spencer has revealed. "I think it’s fair to say that we’ve lost our way a bit in supporting Windows games," Spencer told Shacknews. "But we’re back." Spencer noted that, despite the firm’s exclusive …
Read More »Big Fish: How PC will help us conquer free-to-play on mobile
CEO Paul Thelen shares casual games giant Big Fish Games' vision to become the world’s biggest free-to-play firm
Read More »Nvidia GTX 780Ti and Radeon R9 290 benchmarked, priced
The two latest competitors into what has turned out to be a very ‘heated’ battle in the PC graphics card market have at last been detailed. Firstly, Nvidia’s long-awaited GTX 780Ti has been specced by VideoCardz which shows that the card is not only a Titan-killer, but also the better …
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