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Slightly Mad Studios has announced a sequel to Project Cars is in development, following the oft-delayed title’s release last month. The developer has already launched acrowdfunding campaignvia the World of Mass Development portal – the same platform the first Project Cars gathered funding on. Slightly Mad has made a 250,000 …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 14-20
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved has finished in first on Steam’s top ten selling products for the third straight week. The game took on all comers during the main stretch of Steam’s summer sale, finishing ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grand Theft Auto V. A discounted Elite: Dangerous …
Read More »32,000 – that’s how many units the average Steam game sells
The average game on Steam sells approximately 32,000 copies, according to data from Steam Spy. A new report bySergey Galyonkindigs deep into sales and usage data on Valve’s digital store. It claims that titles such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have around 8.6 million users, while Grand Theft Auto …
Read More »Sunset dev Tale of Tales is done with game development
After the barrage of sad tales about depression caused by indies turning into millionaires overnight, allow us to raise your spirits with a story about the liberating and energizing effects of complete commercial failure.” That’s the opening to an update from Belgium-based developer Tale of Tales, which having released its …
Read More »This War of Mine heading to iOS and Android tablets next month
PC hit This War of Mine will arrive on iPads and Android tablets next month, developer 11 Bit Studios has announced. The tablet version was originally revealed for iOS in March, with the latest announcement confirming the game will launch simultaneously on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. This War …
Read More »Bethesda: ‘There are no plans for paid mods in Fallout 4’
It seems that the controversy surrounding the addition of paid mods to Skyrim has cooled Bethesda’s desire to reintroduce the service. The publisher worked with Valve to allow mod creators to charge for their Steam Workshop creations for the 2011 RPG in April. However, mere days later the platform was …
Read More »Supergiant brings Transistor to iOS
Supergiant Games has announced an iOS version of its action RPG Transistor is now available on the App Store. A post onSupergiant’s blogreveals the game costs $9.99 and is compatible with iPad 4, iPad mini 2, iPhone 5 and all respective newer models of those devices. Transistor’s revamped iOS release …
Read More »Second season pass announced for Evolve
2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios will launch a second season pass for Evolve next week, with content arriving at unrevealed points between then and March 2016. Evolve’s Hunting Season 2 DLC will become available for purchase on June 23rd. No word on pricing yet, but the first season pass …
Read More »Hello Games nearly announced a No Man’s Sky release date at E3
One of E3’s most hotly anticipated games nearly got itself a release date this week. Hello Games boss Sean Murray told GameSpot that the studio at one stage planned to announce the game’s release date, but ultimately decided against it. We really wanted to announce a release date. It’s really …
Read More »AMD reveals new VR-focused flagship graphics card R9 Fury X
AMD is doubling-down in its efforts to attract prospective virtual reality users with a brand new flagship GPU. The R9 Fury X is a dual-GPU card that features an ace up its sleeve – HBM. HBM stands for ‘high-bandwidth stacked memory’, a new design for graphics cards that AMD is …
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