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Valve has revealed the latest weekly top ten selling products on Steam. Bohemia Interactive titles claim three of the ten slots, with the alpha launch of Arma 3 propelling pre-orders for the game to the top spot. Arma II products also came in fifth and seventh. Tomb Raider backed up …
Read More »Microsoft’s Mattrick doesn’t view Steam Box as threat to Xbox
Xbox executive Don Mattrick doesn’t believe Valve’s upcoming Steam Box hardware as competition in the console market. Speaking with The Verge, Mattrick stated that while he both respected and loved Valve founder Gabe Newell, he doesn’t see the company as a competitor to Microsoft in terms of living room gaming. …
Read More »Valve to ship Steam Box prototypes in 3-4 months
Gabe Newell has revealed customers can expect to get their hands on an early version of Valve’s Steam Box hardware in the next three to four months. Speaking with BBC, the company’s founder explained what point in the process the hardware is at, as well as touching on some of …
Read More »Linux close to overtaking Mac on Steam
Valve's survey shows Linux already accounts for two per cent of users
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 24 – March 2
Valve has revealed Steam’s latest top selling titles list, with Tomb Raider running to the peak position in its chart debut. The game’s victory in its initial week of availability may not even be the most impressive feat on its own chart however, as Call of Duty Black Ops II …
Read More »Ubisoft opens up Uplay to rival developers
Digital distribution store ditches first-party only game sales
Read More »Indie dev makes $12k through piracy promotion
'The promo bay far exceeded what our sales cycle would have been if we just went on as normal,' says Sean Hogan
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: February 10-16
Valve has revealed Steam’s top sellers list for the week ending on February 16th. Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC once again has come out on top, finishing just ahead of the much maligned Aliens: Colonial Marines. The big Borderlands 2 discount promo last weekend spilled over enough into this week’s sales period …
Read More »Valve launches Steam for Linux
Valve has announced the release of its Steam for Linux client, celebrating the launch with over 50 Linux titles on discount. While the initial catalog is primarily made up of indie games, Valve believes AAA developers will have the platform in mind in addition to PC when planning a Steam …
Read More »Steam for Linux arrives
Valve's digital distribution platform out of beta on open source OS
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