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Valve has revealed Steam’s top sellers list for the week ending on February 16th. Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC once again has come out on top, finishing just ahead of the much maligned Aliens: Colonial Marines. The big Borderlands 2 discount promo last weekend spilled over enough into this week’s sales period …
Read More »Rebellion announces zombie-themed Sniper Elite spin-off
The Walking Dead. DayZ. The WarZ. Resident Evil. Dead Rising. Left 4 Dead. And then there’s games with zombie spin-offs like Call of Duty, Yakuza and Red Dead Redemption. Yet amongst all of that some still believe there’s room left in the market for yet another zombie title. Rebellion has …
Read More »Black Ops II Revolution DLC lands later this month on PC, PS3
Activision has confirmed the first DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II will become available for PC and PS3 at the end of this month. ‘Revolution’ brings four multiplayer maps, a new zombies-themed mode and map, and a weapon. The add-on originally launched late last month as …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 3-9
Valve has announced the latest weekly top ten sellers chart on Steam. Skyrim’s Dragonborn add-on sits on top of the list again this week, as a discounted Borderlands 2 couldn’t quite overtake the DLC during its PC launch week. A discounted Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finished just behind in third, and …
Read More »VIDEO: PC is ‘centre of innovation’, says Newell
Valve founder outlines his company's plans for the platform
Read More »Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC arrives next month
EA has announced the first bit of post-release DLC for Dead Space 3, revealing the game’s Awakened add-on will launch in March. "Players will experience the franchise’s darkest chapters as the Necromorph battles become even more gruesome and terrifying than ever before,” read EA’s press release. It’s unclear if the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 27 – February 2
Valve has announced Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on February 2nd, revealing a pair of new releases have made their mark on the chart this time around. Indie Antichamber fired out of the starting gate late last week to claim the fourth spot on the list, while …
Read More »Roberts: Next-gen won’t phase PC Kickstarter scene
Developer of crowdfunded project Star Citizen is betting on PC to trump new consoles
Read More »Xbox 360 claiming lion’s share of GameStop DLC sales
65 per cent of DLC sales in GameStop stores are for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, the retailer has revealed. PS3 accounts for 28-30 per cent, with other devices” accounting for the rest. Expect the bulk of those latter sales to be claimed by Steam, which is unsurprisingly gathering momentum. "I would …
Read More »PC gamers told not to expect enhanced Dead Space 3 performance
The PC version of Dead Space 3 will offer little in the form of graphical plusses over the console releases. That’s because developer Visceral Games felt it a bigger priority to make the game experience consistent across platforms rather than utilising the extra power afforded on many modern PCs. [The …
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