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PC and consoles indie title Sanctum 2 has earned around 95 per cent of its revenue from Steam, according to developer Coffee Stain Studios. In a postmortem on Gamasutra, Coffee Stain’s Johannes Aspeby explains that the simultaneous console launch on Xbox 360 and PS3 hardware only caused the developer additional …
Read More »Titanfall edges FIFA 14 to claim another UK No.1
Xbox and PC shooter Titanfall is back on top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the fifth time the game has claimed the UK No.1 spot, although it had to fight hard with EA rival FIFA 14, pipping it by just 400 sales and losing 25 …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 4-10
DayZ is back on top of this week’s Steam top ten selling titles, beating out a bevy of discounted offers for the top spot. Age of Mythology: Extended Edition finished in the runner-up spot, thanks to a spotlight discount special – with Dark Souls II and Watch Dogs finishing right …
Read More »The Walking Dead Season 2’s next episode out next week
The Walking Dead season two episode three will launch next week, Telltale has announced. Dubbed ‘In Harm’s Way,’ the latest content release from the episodic adventure game will debut on May 13th for PC, Mac, and for US PS3 owners via PSN – according to Telltale’s post on Twitter. The …
Read More »Lords of the Fallen dev ‘had a really tough time’ dealing with Dark Souls comparisons
Former The Witcher dev Tomasz Gop has admitted that he at one stage struggled to deal with the constant comparisons between his upcoming game Lords of the Fallen and Dark Souls. "I had a really tough time around a year ago, or even beyond that,” the executive producer told Digital …
Read More »PC games have overtaken console games globally..but not in the UK
The PC games sector may be dominant worldwide, but consoles are the real power in the UK and will remain so for years to come, says DFC Intelligence. The analysts revealed last week that on a global scale, PC gaming revenue had overtaken the console market. But whilst that might …
Read More »PC free-to-play’s billions
Develop analyses the key data and asks the business model’s biggest advocates about the future of free on desktops
Read More »Nexon: Most Western free-to-play PC games are ‘done badly’
‘Until Western developers learn how to do it better, you won’t see so many strong free-to-play games in the West’
Read More »Bandai Namco has shipped 1.2m copies of Dark Souls II
From Software’s Dark Souls II has seen more than a million copies shipped on Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe and America. Clearly that doesn’t include the PC game, which came out over a month after the console versions and after the end of the financial year. From data shows …
Read More »Valve pulls Early Access game Earth: Year 2066 from Steam
Valve has removed Steam Early Access title Earth: Year 2066 from the Steam store, offering refunds to anyone who purchased the title for a limited time. The pulling comes following mounting criticism that the title was released in a disastrous state – with the game being repeatedly labeled as broken,” …
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