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Grand Theft Auto V took the top spot for the second straight week, and Dying Light earned two top ten finishes on this week’s Steam best sellers chart. Techland’s survival horror game finished in the runner-up spot, while its aforementioned ultimate edition grabbing seventh place. Sony’s H1Z1 continues to hang …
Read More »Are developers undervaluing themselves with launch discounts?
Devs discuss slashing the price of their game on release, and why it may be a tactic worth considering
Read More »Prison Architect reaches 1m sold in Early Access
Alpha-funded simulation title Prison Architect has sold more than 1m copies since its original public release in September 2012. Introversion’s latest hasn’t even officially launched yet – the game is currently on Steam as an Early Access release – and already the team has plans for both console and mobile …
Read More »Steam Workshop content creators make $57m
Revenue generating in-game item stores open up to non-Valve games
Read More »I Am Bread heading to iOS later this year
Bossa Studios has revealed plans to bring its Steam Early Access title I Am Bread to iOS. Bossa announced the news in a new video – stating that the team expects the mobile edition to launch later this year, but adding that finishing the title’s currently available Steam Early Access …
Read More »Steam Workshop has made creators $57m
Users of Valve’s modding storefront Steam Workshop have made a total of $57m between them since it went live in 2011. The income has been spread across 1,500+ creators, who themselves stem from 75 countires. Valve has also announced that curated Workshops will no longer be limited to first party …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 18-24
Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on the latest Steam weekly top sellers chart, following the game’s first full week of pre-order availability. Rockstar’s upcoming PC release edged out last week’s winner H1Z1, which still finished in the respectable position of runner-up. A fairly diverse mix line …
Read More »DayZ Early Access hits 3m copies sold
The Early Access standalone edition of DayZ has reached a new milestone, surpassing the 3m sales mark as the past week drew to a close. In a post on Bohemia Interactive’s official site, the studio confirmed the game now has 3m players along with 80 staff members on the development …
Read More »Steam stats page adds average download speeds across the world
Valve has added a new feature to Steam’s global traffic map, offering a glimpse into average download rates for each country grouped by service providers. Now available as part of Steam’s stats page, the list can be filtered either by average download rate or total bytes. The filters can be …
Read More »MMO engine released on Steam
Canadian studio NeoJac releases Unity-integrated MMO creator for both devs and consumers
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