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XCOM: Enemy Unknown comes out on top once again for the past week’s top ten sellers on Steam. That said, Borderlands 2 still has its footprints all over the place with its season pass taking the runner-up spot and the base game in fifth. New to the list we have …
Read More »Star Citizen makes over $1m in crowdfunding
Creator Chris Roberts backpedals and moves project to Kickstarter
Read More »Far Cry 3 invades Minecraft
Ubisoft has created a Far Cry 3 map and texture map for Minecraft on PC. The pack modifies all aspects of the game, including environments, weapons and tools. The set also includes locations and characters from the series, including Vaas, Jason and Citra. It’s a smart piece of promotion for …
Read More »Obituary: Mike Singleton
Storied British game creator passes after battle with cancer
Read More »Breaking out with Prison Architect
Develop speaks with Introversion on its latest hit in the making
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: October 7-13
Valve has released Steam’s latest weekly top ten sales chart, revealing XCOM: Enemy Unknown has backed up last week’s first place finish with another this time around. Dishonored sneaks up to the runner-up spot, with Borderlands 2, its ‘Season Pass’, and Torchlight II rounding out the top five. The bottom …
Read More »Microsoft’s Xbox Music service goes live tomorrow
Xbox and Windows platform holder Microsoft is to have another stab at competing with iTunes and Spotify in the digital music market. Tomorrow the firm will launch a new music service, Xbox Music. The big hook for Xbox Music is that is being specifically designed to work across many devices, …
Read More »Chris Roberts: Mobile is going to be a bloodbath
Wing Commander and Star Citizen creator is disappointed by the lack of attention PC is getting
Read More »Assassin’s Creed 3 PC system requirements revealed; no Windows XP support
Ubisoft has dropped support for the Windows XP in the PC version of Assassin’s Creed 3, as is evident from the recently released minimum system requirements. Unlike FIFA 13, however, the game will support Windows 8, which will have released (23rd October) by the time the game hits shelves (23rd …
Read More »Valve seeking playtesters for games and hardware
Valve has revealed its searching for people to playtest its games and hardware prototypes. The announcement comes after the company’s newly unveiled hardware division indicated that public beta tests are planned for next year. Those interested need to submit a general survey to Valve and must be local to the …
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