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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 »Dixons wants its Gaming Bunker to be London’s destination for PC gamers
Computing giant Dixons wants to build a community of gamers with its new London games zone. The firm’s Currys/PC World Gaming Bunker on Tottenham Court Road features ten networked PCs in a 500 sq ft space, and each computer is loaded with free-to-play and boxed PC games, and a range …
Read More »Xi3 and Valve face-off over Steam Box
Piston maker and Valve disagree over their involvement with the microcomputer
Read More »Xi3 Piston priced at $1000
Steam-powered microcomputer joins PS4 in holiday 2013 release window
Read More »EA "aggressively undergoing server maintenance" to fix SimCity woes
The clock is ticking ahead of the UK launch of SimCity at midnight. The game has endured a torrid start to life so far thanks to a combination of always-on internet DRM and Origin server woes. The result has been multiple reports of gamers being locked out of the single-player …
Read More »Company of Heroes 2 gets European release date
Sega has confirmed a release date for former THQ strategy sequel Company of Heroes 2. The former THQ property, developed by Relic Entertainment, will be released on PC and Mac in both Europe and North America on June 25th. It had been due out around nowish before the collapse of …
Read More »Origin servers spoil SimCity’s US launch
Many PC gamer’s worst fears have come to fruition with news that EA’s Origin servers have crippled the US launch of SimCity. It’s yet another example of a primarily single player game being borked by a publisher’s insistence of implementing internet-centric DRM in a title. RockPaperShotgun reports that gamers trying …
Read More »There’s still money to be made on PC, insists Capcom
PC versions of triple-A releases still tend to get less love than the console SKUs, but profit still awaits those who properly plan a PC release. That’s according to Capcom, which told True PC Gaming that developing the PC version of DmC: Devil May Cry was not only stress-free, but …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 24 – March 2
Valve has revealed Steam’s latest top selling titles list, with Tomb Raider running to the peak position in its chart debut. The game’s victory in its initial week of availability may not even be the most impressive feat on its own chart however, as Call of Duty Black Ops II …
Read More »Murdered: Soul Suspect to launch in 2014 on current-gen hardware
Square Enix has confirmed platforms alogn with a vague release target for its freshly announced paranormal investigation game, Murdered: Soul Suspect. The publisher announced that the game will launch for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but not until sometime next year. As of now, the 2014 release doesn’t appear to …
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