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Steam Spy has accused a number of developers of foul play ahead of the distributor’s latest major sale. Silicon Anglereports the Steam analytics website called out multiple studios for raising the prices of their products just before the PC platform’s Exploration Sale – thus allowing them to gain featuring while …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: November 22-28
Fallout 4 was able to hold off the rising tide of titles on special for Steam’s currently winding down Exploration Sale, taking the top spot on this week’s best sellers chart. Bethesda’s recent release finished at full price ahead of all of Steam’s discounted offerings, with Grand Theft Auto V …
Read More »Razer and Lenovo strike gaming PC partnership
The world’s biggest PC manufacturer and one of the platform’s most successful gaming specialists have teamed up. The first range of products from the collaboration between Lenovo and Razer will be the Razer Edition Lenovo PCs (via The Verge). These will include the Y series of desktop computers, which were …
Read More »AMD ends support for almost all graphics cards released before 2013
A large number of AMD’s existing graphics cards will no longer be supported by the company. Accompanying the launch of its new Crimson driver, AMD has confirmed that it has dropped support for all non-GCN based cards, which includes the Radeon HD 5000 and Radeon HD 6000 series, as well …
Read More »Fallout 4’s first update out now in beta
The first patch for Fallout 4 is out now in beta for Steam users. As with past releases, Bethesda plans to beta test updates on PC first and subsequently release officially on both PC and consoles. Highlights for Fallout 4 beta v1.2.33 include improvements to stability and general memory, number …
Read More »PS4 Remote Play (unofficially) coming to PC this week
If you’ve ever wanted to play PS4 games on your PC, as of this week, you’ll be able to. Before you start scanning the Steam store for Infamous, The Last of Us or God of War, there’s a catch: you’ll still still need to own Sony’s latest console. Developer Twisted …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: November 15-21
Fallout 4 continues its reign atop Steam’s best-selling products chart, while Football Manager 2016 has settled into the runner-up position for consecutive weeks. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took third, knocking Black Ops II down a peg to fourth in the process, and GTA V rounds out the top five. Past chart …
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront’s PS4 player base bigger that Xbox One and PC combined, report claims
It looks like PS4 is ruling the roost when it comes to EA’s new shooter Star Wars Battlefront. Polygon picked up on numbers from a third-party stat-tracking site that suggest the number of gamers playing the game on PS4 is more than the combined total of those on both Xbox …
Read More »3D Realms delays Bombshell to January 2016
3D Realms’ Duke Nukem spiritual successor Bombshell has been delayed to early next year, the publisher has announced. A post by developer Interceptor Entertainment’s Frederik Shreiber on the game’sSteam community boardsexplains the game has been pushed back from its original release this month to January to give the studio the …
Read More »Steam’s autumn and winter sales dates leaked
It looks as if the first of two big Steam sales will kick off next week. ShackNews reports that messages in a Steamworks developer group date the Steam Autumn sale for November 25th. It will run until December 1st. It then adds that the Steam Winter sale will run from …
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