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Maniac Mansion creators Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick have successfully crowdfunded their new adventure game Thimbleweed Park, raising more than a quarter of a million dollars over the campaign’s funding goal. The recently concluded Kickstarter effort – and true spirtual successor” to Maniac Mansion and other Lucasfilm Games from decades …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program educational app in development for use in schools
Hit Steam Early Access title Kerbal Space Program is receiving an educational update dubbed KerbalEdu, an application developed specifically for teachers and students. The game’s developer Squad has partnered with Finland-based TeacherGaming – an indie studio focused on education, and also the company behind the development of MinecraftEdu. A single …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 14-20
Discounted titles abound in Steam’s latest weekly top ten results, with Dark Souls II emerging as the victor ahead of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. As you might have guessed or heard, Steam’s Winter Sale kicked off late last week and already it’s had a major impact on the …
Read More »Evolve open beta hits Xbox One next month
Xbox One will host an open beta event for Turtle Rock’s highly anticipated title Evolve next month, with limited technical tests also planned for PlayStation 4 and Windows PC. The Evolve beta kicks off January 15th for Xbox One owners with Xbox Live Gold subscriptions. It’s set to feature the …
Read More »Capcom developing Street Fighter V in Unreal Engine 4
Capcom has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 for its upcoming cross-platform PS4 and PC fighting game sequel Street Fighter V. The two companies announced the news earlier today in a joint press release. Support staff from both Epic Games Japan and Epic’s headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, will assist …
Read More »Steam games can no longer be gifted freely across regions
A complicated set of restrictions has been implemented that has effectively killed off one avenue through which cheap European CD keys are sold online. Engadget reckons that the changes, which apply to games that are given as a ‘gift’ directly through Steam, have been put in place as a response …
Read More »Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 revealed for PC, PS4 and Xbox One
CI Games has announced its hard at work developing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 for Windows PC and new generation consoles. Don’t expect to see it anytime soon however, as the game currently carries a release window of 2016. "The Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise is one of the most popular in …
Read More »Dark Souls Games for Windows Live migration is underway
PC owners who own Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition are now able to remove its Games for Windows Live integration. The move to Steamworks, which has been in the works for some time, was originally scheduled for last month before being slightly delayed. The migration is optional, should you …
Read More »Spencer: It’s time for us to talk about gaming on Windows
It appears that Microsoft is once again going to try and get PC gaming right. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said on Twitter that: I’ll be focusing more on what we are doing on Win10 in January, it’s time for us to talk about gaming on Windows.” The Verge reports …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 7-13
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is back on top of Steam’s weekly top ten sellers list, beating out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for first on the chart. Dungeon Defenders II, Far Cry 4 and Metro Redux round out the top five, while chart regular DayZ finished right behind in …
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