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Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy V to PC next week via Steam release. The publisher has set up the game’s Steam store page and is offering a 10 per cent discount for those that purchase before its release on September 24th. The game itself is a port of Final …
Read More »Steam top ten: September 6-12
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Mad Max lead this past week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The Phantom Pain holds its position from one week earlier, while Mad Max moved up a spot from third to second following its launch week. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt finished …
Read More »Smite arrives on Steam
Free-to-play eSports hit Smite is now available through Valve’s Steam service. The Steam version of Hi-Rez’s third person MOBA, which is also available on Xbox One, is no different to the SKU that has for a while already been available on PC bar for the added potential of tapping into …
Read More »State of Decay studio shutting down free-to-play RPG Moonrise
State of Decay developer Undead Labs has announced its RPG Moonrise will shut down at the end of this year. A post on thestudio’s blogreveals the title is having trouble retaining users in its preview phase on iOS and Steam, and plans have been made for its closure on December …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 30 – September 5
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has taken the top spot in consecutive weeks on Steam’s latest weekly best sellers chart. A regional duplication error has The Phantom Pain taking up both first and second spots for the past week, with Mad Max finishing third in its top ten …
Read More »‘Slave Tetris’ game pulled from Steam after media outcry
A mini-game that attempted to explain the condition suffered by slaves being transported across the Atlantic by likening it to Tetris has been pulled from Steam. Slave Tetris was a mini-game included in self-professed educational title Playing History 2 – Slave Trade, which was actually released back in 2013. However, …
Read More »GTA V, Rocket League among 2015 Steam releases exceeding 1m sales
Six Steam games released in 2015 have sold over 1m copies, while another six have exceeded the 500,000 sales mark. Based onSteam Spy’snumbers, Grand Theft Auto V for PC, Rocket League for PC, Ark: Survival Evolved, H1Z1, Cities: Skylines and Besiege have each sold in excess of 1m units on …
Read More »Cave shmups could be coming to Steam
Hardcore shmup specialist Cave could be about to have its extensive library released on Steam. A new website called Caveshmups.com carries the slogan Steam can’t dodge these bullets” as well as the name of publisher Degica. That company is behind a string of Japanese releases on Steam including fellow shmups …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 23-29
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has surged to the top of Steam’s best sellers chart ahead of its worldwide release this week. Pre-orders for the title beat out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Psyonix’s hit Rocket League, with Ark: Survival Evolved and Pillars of Eternity rounding out …
Read More »Kickstarter for Rollcage successor Grip abandoned
Developer Caged Element have abandoned their attempt to Kickstart a successor to 1999 PlayStation racer Rollcage. Grip had been seeking CAD $657k ($500k/320k) but the studio decided to call it a day after raising just CAD $154k. We apologise for the lack of updates on our Kickstarter page; it’s hard …
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