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Valve has detailed the Steam Holiday Auction, a limited time event allowing users to trade community items like Trading Cards for full games including Civilization: Beyond Earth, This War of Mine and more. Starting this coming Monday, Steam account holders can trade in unused items for Steam Gems that can …
Read More »H1Z1 heading to Steam Early Access in January
Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming free-to-play zombie survival game H1Z1 will launch as a Steam Early Access title next month. In a post on Reddit, SOE president John Smedley confirmed the game’s public pre-release will arrive January 15th for Windows. He also touched on expectations for the Early Access edition. "What …
Read More »The Banner Saga 2 in the works for PC, PS4, Xbox One
A sequel to Stoic Studio’s hit strategy game The Banner Saga is heading to PC and new-gen consoles, publisher Versus Evil has confirmed. The Banner Saga 2 has been given a 2015 release window and is in development for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The original Banner Saga is …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator X comes to Steam
The flight simulation market has finally something to cheer at Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition will launch on December 18th. It means that flight sim developers will be free to build add-ons for the hit title once again. The title will be available just for PC and has been …
Read More »King’s Quest launches fall 2015 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox platforms
The recently announced update to classic adventure series King’s Quest will arrive on multiple platforms next year, publisher Sierra and developer The Odd Gentlemen announced during The Game Awards event last week. The title has been scheduled for a fall 2015 release on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII’s PC release heading to PS4
Square Enix is bringing the enhanced PC version of Final Fantasy VII to PlayStation 4 next year, but the news isn’t sitting very well with fans of the franchise. The company announced at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event that Final Fantasy VII will arrive on PS4 in spring 2015, carrying the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 30 – December 6
Telltale’s Game of Thrones has claimed the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The game finished on top of a group littered with discounted titles from Valve’s recently concluded Autumn Sale. Recent release The Crew climbed to number five on the charts as well. As for …
Read More »Street Fighter V is exclusive to PS4 and PC
Capcom has confirmed that it is working on Street Fighter V – but that’s not all. A teaser for the game, which you can see below, also confirms that the game will be exclusive to PS4 and PC and will not release on Xbox platforms. The publisher hasn’t announced details …
Read More »AMD unveils new graphics card driver Catalyst Omega
Graphics card specialist AMD is stepping up its efforts in the battle with rival Nvidia with a revamped version of its Catalyst GPU drivers. The news comes from TechSpot, although that link appears to be down – but not before NeoGaf grabbed some of the details. Catalyst Omega offers a …
Read More »Dead or Alive 5 Last Round will launch without online play on PC
Team Ninja has confirmed that upcoming brawler Dead or Alive 5 Last Round won’t offer online gameplay at launch. Furthermore, online won’t be added in until a patch that’s currently scheduled to arrive three months after launch. It is presumed that the game will have full online functionality at launch …
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