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Valve hopes to bring PC gaming to the masses in the form of its console-like Steam Machines. Ahead of the arrival of the first boxes later this year, MCV asked four manufacturers – Webhallen, Zotac, Materiel.net and Falcon Northwest – about placing their bets in the battle for the living …
Read More »VIDEO: I am Bread launches out of Early Access
UK indie team Bossa Studios has launched its title I am Bread out of Early Access, with the title getting a fresh content update and Steam sale to mark the occasion. The Windows PC and Mac versions are available now on the digital distributor for 25 per cent of the …
Read More »Steam axing OAuth authentication system has left games wide open to key reselling
Steam’s decision to rescind its OAuth authentication system earlier this year is harming PC developers. OAuth protected digital PC game bundles, preventing people from taking games out of those bundles and selling them separately. Yet Valve quietly axed the system in January, and as a result third-party key resellers have …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: March 29 – April 4
Grand Theft Auto V is on top of this week’s Steam best sellers, with pre-orders picking up ahead of its PC release next week. Pillars of Eternity finished in the runner-up position, ahead of Cities: Skylines and Elite: Dangerous – which just recenltly released on Steam and makes its debut …
Read More »Biofeedback horror game Nevermind arrives on Steam Early Access
A game that adjusts its difficulty according to the stress being experienced by its player is now available on Steam Early Access. Nevermind failed in its first attempt at getting Kickstarted last year but just scraped past its funding goal on its second attempt. However, developer Flying Mollusk has admitted …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: March 22-28
Pre-orders for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V have helped the title pull ahead of Cities: Skylines on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The pair finished ahead of Pillars of Eternity in third – though the game’s Hero Edition also grabbed the fifth position, so it’s …
Read More »Steam Discovery promoting more than 4,000 titles per day
Tags also proving to be useful, but curator impact “not as high” as Valve would like
Read More »Rust introduces new player races, but players unhappy over lack of choice
Until recently every character in Early Access hit Rust was white. Now, they come in an assortment of colours, but the mixed race implementation has upset parts of the game’s user base. Kotaku reports that a recent update to the title means that a user’s character is randomised at the …
Read More »Greenlight games cloned on Steam to spread virus among buyers
It has emerged that five Steam Greenlight games were cloned over the weekend, with unsuspecting buyers being directed to a site hosting a Trojan virus. Polygon reports that five games were posted by a new user called Bluebunny14, who appears to have paid Steam’s $100 Greenlight fee, all of which …
Read More »H1Z1 passes 1m Steam Early Access sales
Online zombie title H1Z1 has now sold over 1m copies on Steam, developer Daybreak Game Company (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) has said. The game was released via Steam Early Access in January. It costs 14.99 to download, although it will be a free-to-play title once it launches proper later this …
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