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Do you want the good or the bad news? Ok, the good then. Remember the rumours last month that Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards wouldn’t be released until 2014? Well, it looks now like they may have been incorrect. And quite wildly incorrect too. Word on the street …
Read More »Amazon UK download plans ‘a mystery’
Publishers are in the dark over Amazon’s UK?PC download store. UK?PC firms have already signed a contract with the retail giant to get their games on the store, which was expected early in 2012. But the store was delayed, with no new launch date set. Amazon’s head of games Graham …
Read More »Alan Wake surpasses 2m sales
Remedy has announced Alan Wake has gone past the 2m units sold milestone. The developer called the game a ‘cult classic’ in their updated sales figure reveal to CVG, adding that the franchise still has a future. "We’ve moved over two million copies–that’s including PC," head of franchise development Oskari …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 21-27
Dead Island Riptide has taken the top spot in Steam’s top sellers list for the week ending on April 27th. Deep Silver’s just released expand-alone beats out BioShock Infinite and Age of Empires II HD (last week’s winner). Monaco led a pack of indies in the fourth spot, with Klei’s …
Read More »Black Ops 2 Uprising DLC hits PS3 and PC in May
The Uprising map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will land on PC and PS3 next month. The new mode and four new maps arrive on May 15th for the platforms, running $14.99 for those who haven’t purchased the game’s Season Pass. The DLC arrives at the increasingly …
Read More »Indie The Binding of Isaac surpasses 2m sales
Super Meat Boy developer, and Indie Game: The Movie star, Edmund McMillen has announced his dungeon crawler The Binding of Isaac has sold over 2m copies across PC and Playstation platforms. Speaking with Youtuber NorthernLion, McMillen revealed the title had just recently reached the milestone. The game was originally considered …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 14-20
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on April 20th, with the HD update of Age of Empires II beating out Bioshock Infinite for the second week in a row. Valve’s Portal franchise made a big splash during the period, thanks to a major discount promotion. …
Read More »FIFA 14 announced – all the details here
EA has at last revealed details about one of the biggest releases of 2013 – FIFA 14. New features this year include enhanced teammate intelligence, EA says midfielders will no longer go missing when the opposition attack as improved run tracking results in tighter marking, off ball pressure and more …
Read More »DayZ developer Hall is currently climbing Mount Everest
The long wait for the standalone version of Day Z looks to have got a little longer. Creator Dean Hall has revealed that he’s currently housed at Mount Everest Base Camp, having taken two months off from development duties on the Bohemia game to fulfil his lifelong ambition. Although the …
Read More »Fez sells over 200,000 copies in its first year
Canadian developer says success allowed him to consider his next move
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