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Grand Theft Auto V and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt headline Steam’s latest top ten selling products chart. GTA V finished on top for yet another week, but The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s apparent success is nothing to scoff at. The standard edition finished up in the runner-up spot, while …
Read More »Dirt Rally could yet race onto consoles; WRC licence remains possible
A version of Codemasters’ Dirt Rally may be released on consoles, although it might differ from the experience currently available on PC. The game did the rare trick of being announced and released on the same day last month, and is currently available via Steam Early Access. I want really …
Read More »Divinity: Original Sin jumping from PC to consoles
Critically acclaimed PC RPG Divinity: Original Sin is to receive an ‘Enhanced Edition’ release on PS4 and Xbox one. Furthermore, existing PC owners will also upgraded to the new release for free. Developer Larian Studios says the game has been reworked for controllers and will receive a new split-screen co-op …
Read More »Heroes of the Storm World Championship Tournament to debut at BlizzCon 2015
Blizzard has announced the first official global tournament series for its MOBA Heroes of the Storm will take place later this year at BlizzCon 2015. The eSports competition will offer $1.2m in cash and prizes, with $200,000 of that pool designated for the winning team. Regional championships for North America, …
Read More »Grandia II HD remaster heading to Steam
Puzzles & Dragons developer GungHo Entertainment is bringing GameArts classic RPG Grandia II to Steam. Kotakureports GungHo will give Grandia II the HD remaster treatment, though there’s no mention of a release window as of yet and no word if any Steam features such as achievements will be part of …
Read More »Steam reaches 9.5m concurrent users
Steam topped 9.5m concurrent users over the past weekend, setting yet another new record for Valve’s service. The digital distributor was busy as usual last Sunday, at one point surpassing the new milestone by a couple thousand individuals – 9,502,661 total according toGameSpot. Steam reached 9m concurrent usersless than two …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 1m pre-orders
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has amassed more than 1m pre-orders ahead of its launch later this month, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The milestone was reached across PC, PS4 and Xbox One platforms. CD Projekt Red didn’t provide a breakdown for how much each platform has sold, though …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: May 3-9
Grand Theft Auto V has again finished on top of Steam’s weekly top selling products, while The Witcher franchise made a big splash as well. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took the runner-up spot ahead of pre-orders of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with Project Cars and the new Stars Wars Collection …
Read More »AMD to release its next-gen x86 CPU in 2016
A brand new PC processor will be released by AMD in 2016, the component company has revealed. The x86 Zen architecture will boast something called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT), which is very similar to Intel’s existing Hyperthreading tech that allows the CPU’s cores to split tasks. In AMD’s case, this apparently …
Read More »CD Projekt and Green Man Gaming clash over The Witcher 3 keys
The developer of The Witcher 3 and online retailer Green Man Gaming have had a public falling out over the upcoming RPG. CD Projekt Red’s business development manager Rafa? Jaki yesterday took to the studio’s forums to question the validity of GMG’s PC keys for the game, which are currently …
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