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Digital PC and Mac platform passes 40 million user mark
Read More »Steam hits new record – 5 million concurrent users
Platform boosted by Skyrim and Christmas sale bonanza
Read More »Skyrim soars past ten million shipped copies
Fantasy RPG fastest selling title ever on Steam
Read More »Skyrim passes 10m shipped mark, beats Steam records
Bethesda has now shipped in excess of 10m units of its fantastic RPG title The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worldwide. No firm sales figures have been released, though the publisher adds that the number represents some $650m in sales. Valve has added that Skyrim is now officially the fastest selling …
Read More »Alan Wake finally heads to PC
Psychological action thriller Alan Wake will be released on PC in early 2012 – a year and a half after its Xbox 360 release. The game, which was published by Microsoft on Xbox 360 in May 2010, will be available as a downloadable PC title on Steam. Developer Remedy has …
Read More »New indie PC platform ‘ends discoverability woes’
Amazon-like recommendation engine 'gives all devs a fair chance'; Royalty rate at 15-25%
Read More »The new PC platform for indies only
Blitz believes the digital games space still needs an indie homeland, but can all roads lead to IndieCity?
Read More »Newell: Piracy a ‘non issue’ for Valve
Illicit file sharing 'a service problem and not a pricing problem'
Read More »Stardock hits coming to Steam
The creator of the Impulse digital distribution service, Stardock, is releasing its titles on Steam. Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity is the first game to go live on Valve’s rival system, now available at a 25 per cent discount. The same offer is running on Impulse to promote the …
Read More »Burnout Paradise goes free in EA Origin push
Trial offer as EA tries to build buzz around its Steam rival
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