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Puzzles & Dragons developer GungHo Entertainment is bringing GameArts classic RPG Grandia II to Steam. Kotakureports GungHo will give Grandia II the HD remaster treatment, though there’s no mention of a release window as of yet and no word if any Steam features such as achievements will be part of …
Read More »Steam reaches 9.5m concurrent users
Steam topped 9.5m concurrent users over the past weekend, setting yet another new record for Valve’s service. The digital distributor was busy as usual last Sunday, at one point surpassing the new milestone by a couple thousand individuals – 9,502,661 total according toGameSpot. Steam reached 9m concurrent usersless than two …
Read More »Open-world dinosaur game Ark: Survival Evolved announced for PS4 and Xbox One
Indie developer Studio Wildcard has announced an open-world dinosaur survival game for next-gen consoles and PC. Called Ark: Survival Evolved, the game is built using Unreal Engine 4 and focuses around multiplayer co-op and a persistent ecosystem. Crafting, hunting, shelter building, tech developing and harvesting seem very much the order …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: May 3-9
Grand Theft Auto V has again finished on top of Steam’s weekly top selling products, while The Witcher franchise made a big splash as well. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took the runner-up spot ahead of pre-orders of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with Project Cars and the new Stars Wars Collection …
Read More »Digital game revenue to reach $58bn by 2019, according to Juniper
Research firm Juniper projects worldwide digital content revenue will reach $154bn annually by 2019, with gaming expected to represent the largest share of that total. Games Industry has word on a portion of Juniper’s findings from its Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategies 2015-2019 report, which shows gaming …
Read More »Goat Simulator borrows a page from DayZ this week with GoatZ DLC
Goat Simulator is primed to receive a zombie survival game mode with the release of the DayZ-inspired GoatZ DLC later this week. Tongue planted firmly in cheek, developer Coffee Stain Studios boasts that GoatZ is the only survival game on Steam that isn’t in Early Access.” Though the claim isn’t …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: April 26 – May 2
We’ve entered a new month, and Grand Theft Auto V still won’t loosen its grip of the number one spot on Steam’s top ten selling products chart. A hard-charging Star Wars Collection finished in the runner-up position for its debut, while last week’s runner-up Killing Floor slipped slightly to third. …
Read More »Dev mocks those offended by now pulled Greenlight homophobic shooter
As for an apology. Ain’t gonna happen. To everyone that got overly offended. Good, thats what we were going for. Just wait for our next game we are working on, its gonna be way more offensive as this one.[sic]” That’s the message from the developer of a game called ‘Kill …
Read More »Valve: We hate Steam gift restrictions as much as you do
The gifting restrictions recently enforced on Steam were unavoidable in the face of spiralling fraud, Valve has said. A number of restrictions were put in place late last year, and expanded upon earlier this year, that restricted some games from being played in a different region to that in which …
Read More »Chip’s Challenge and unreleased sequel land on Steam this month
Chuck Sommerville’s 1989 release Chip’s Challenge is heading to Steam later this month, along with its unreleased sequel. Following nearly two decades of off and on negotiation with the trademark owners, Chip’s Challenge 2 will be released in its original form. When I couldn’t release Chip’s Challenge 2, it hit …
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