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Psychological action thriller Alan Wake will be released on PC in early 2012 – a year and a half after its Xbox 360 release. The game, which was published by Microsoft on Xbox 360 in May 2010, will be available as a downloadable PC title on Steam. Developer Remedy has …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic goes live
EA has switched on its servers for PC MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic two days ahead of its retail release. Customers who pre-ordered the game through the publisher’s online Origin download service have been able to access it from 12pm midday today. The Old Republic arrives in UK stores …
Read More »Dirt Showdown out next year
Codemasters is releasing a new boxed destruction-based entry in its popular Dirt driving franchise in May 2012, titled Dirt Showdown. The spin-off game mixes the arcade-style extreme sports elements of Dirt 2, the ‘Gymkhana’ stunt events from Dirt 3 and adds in some Destruction Derby-style action, according to GameSpot. It …
Read More »Eutechnyx to open London publishing office
New team to support global release of Auto Car Revolution
Read More »Command & Conquer Generals 2 unveiled
EA has revealed a new Command & Conquer PC strategy game is in the works at BioWare Victory. Command & Conquer Generals 2, which hits shelves on PC in 2013, was unveiled at the Spike Video Game Awards in the US this week. It will be developed at BioWare Victory, …
Read More »GamesAid reveals charity download pack
Gamers will be able to download a five-game pack for charity this month – and pay what they like for it. Known as the Little Big Bunch, the collection of games comes from leading independent studios in the UK such as Mode 7, Just Add Water and Curve Studios. The …
Read More »Ubisoft slams PC pirates, confirms two PC no-shows
Ubisoft has blamed piracy for the decision to release neither I Am Alive or Ghost Recon: Future Soldier on PC. Furthermore, the company had a big dig at the PC gaming community. "We’ve heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them," I …
Read More »PC download store delay for Amazon?
Amazon has postponed the launch of its PC download platform to 2012. MCV believes the service, live in the US since early 2009, was up-and-running in October.But publishing sources say it will now go live in the UK early next year and miss the originally planned autumn roll-out. US sister …
Read More »Piracy could rule out Ubisoft title for PC
'So few people are paying for PC games that we have to weigh it up against cost' says dev
Read More »New Kinect hardware can read objects from 50cm
Range of improvements to Windows edition of the tech
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