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With Microsoft IP lining up to make the jump from console to PC, the timing of Halo’s return to the Windows platform has been an ever pressing question. And now we kind of have the answer. Microsoft has not announced a PC port of Xbox One title Halo 5, but …
Read More »Minecraft price increases come into effect next week
The good news is that there are probably not that many people left who haven’t already bought the game. With sales in excess of 70m units, Minecraft is one of the world’s biggest games. But if you’re yet to grab yourself a copy, you might want to do so before …
Read More »Nintendo hints at potential PC software releases with updated charter
Changes to Articles of Incorporation highlight further licensing of IP rights, as well as expansion into health technology and restaurants
Read More »Studio Wildcard offering ‘a considerable amount of money’ to buy Ark: Survival Evolved fan mods
‘We intend to continue to regularly select what we consider to be the most and most polished mods from among the many thousands available on Steam Workshop,’ says lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz
Read More »350,000 Mega Drive titles sold on Steam since mod hub launch
Nearly 20 years on from its discontinuation, the Mega Drive is making money again. Sega last month released a new retro hub for its Mega Drive library on Steam for PC. Among the new features was mod support, opening up the library to the enthusiastic PC modding community. And it …
Read More »Bandai Namco rolls back Dark Souls 3 patch designed to address hacking problem
A patch that was released to try and address hacking in the PC version of Dark Souls 3 has been revoked after it caused widespread freezing problems for players. Developer From Software last week updated the RPG to try and address the high-profile hacking of the game that led to …
Read More »It’s all over for Project Spark
Microsoft and Team Dakota have announced that Project Spark will be shut down later this year. The creative title is now longer available to download for either Xbox or PC. Online services for existing owners will be shut down in August, after which time user created content will no longer …
Read More »Microsoft’s Project Spark to be discontinued in August
Dissolution of team behind Xbox One and PC creation tool following end of active development last year cited as cause for cancellation
Read More »Universal Windows Platform unlocks framerate for PC devs
Support for AMD Freesync and Nvidia G-Sync also added
Read More »Suda 51’s The Silver Case is being remade for the West
The first game ever made by Grasshopper Manufacture is to be released in the west for the first time. The Silver Case was released on PlayStation in Japan in 1999. Now director Goichi Suda (Suda 51) has confirmed a remake in the works for PC. Eurogamer reports that the remake …
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