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After the barrage of sad tales about depression caused by indies turning into millionaires overnight, allow us to raise your spirits with a story about the liberating and energizing effects of complete commercial failure.” That’s the opening to an update from Belgium-based developer Tale of Tales, which having released its …
Read More »Hidden Path cancels Early Access game Windborne
Studio unable to raise extra funds to complete title; No refunds for players
Read More »Hidden Path delists, halts development of Steam Early Access title Windborne
Hidden Path Entertainment has halted development of its Early Access release Windborne, delisting the game from Steam as a result. Gamasutrahas word on a recent community update by Hidden Path that states the studio has run out of funding to develop the title – adding that the company has explored …
Read More »Castle Crashers Remastered launching on Xbox One this summer, PC to follow
Indie studio The Behemoth has announced its XBLA hit Castle Crashers will receive a remastered release for Xbox One and PC. According to a post on Behemoth’s blog, Castle Crashers Remastered will launch as a timed-exclusive for Xbox One this summer and arrive on PC via Steam sometime after that. …
Read More »The Bard’s Tale IV hits $1.25m Kickstarter goal
Inxile’s latest Kickstarter effort The Bard’s Tale IV has surpassed its $1.25m goal with weeks to spare. The upcoming game’s Kickstarter page currently displays more than $1.26m pledged from nearly 28,500 backers. All that, and the project still has 24 days until its conclusion – plenty of time to reach …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: June 7-13
Early Access release Ark: Survival Evolved has come out on top of Steam’s best selling products for the second week in a row. The dinosaur-themed game beat out Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and a slew of games on discount for Steam’s summer sale to take …
Read More »Greenlight dev pulls game and compares Steam community to poo
The developer of DarkBase 01 has pulled his game from Valve’s Steam service and left in its wake a message attacking the games community. As spotted by Kotaku, developer Solar Storm’s Greenlight title had been the subject of some heavy criticism from users of the service. Yesterday the game’s Steam …
Read More »Steam passes 10m concurrent users
Steam hosted more than ten million concurrent users for the first time in its history yesterday. Valve’s digital store smashed its previous record of 9.5m set just last month. The rush of new users has been spurred on by the latest summer sale on the marketplace that has seen deep …
Read More »Steam breaks 10m concurrent users milestone
Valve beats previous record by 500,000 players
Read More »Over 35 per cent of Steam hardware pre-orders have been sold
Consumers after Valve’s Steam Machines and Link tech need to get a move on. Over 35 per cent of Steam’s ‘get it early’ hardware pre-orders have already been sold. That’s according to Valve, who says that the its Steam Machine, Controller and Link hardware is shifting quickly. Last week, Valve …
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