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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
Read More »Steam Broadcasting video streaming is now live
Steam users are now able to watch their friends play games thanks to the latest Steam Client update. To use a feature simply head over to your friends list and bring up the drop-down menu next to anyone in-game. A ‘Watch Game’ option will then appear. The user in question …
Read More »Hatred issued Adults Only rating
Destructive Creation’s controversial upcoming title Hatred has been issued an AO for Adults Only rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Speaking with Games Industry, an unidentified ESRB representative confirmed the rating – adding that content descriptors for intense language, violence, blood and gore would be required for sale of …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 11-17
H1Z1 has finished on top of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, outpacing pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto V. The Early Access launch of Sony Online Entertainment’s zombie survival affair helped push the game to victory, but the PC version of GTA V grabbing the runner-up spot during its first few …
Read More »Server woes plague Sony’s H1Z1 launch
Players also up in arms over pay-to-win allegations
Read More »Pix the Cat releasing on PC this month
Former PlayStation-only arcade outing Pix the Cat is to make the jump to PC. The Pastagames title, published by Focus Interactive on PC, will be released on Steam on January 29th. The game was released on PS4 and Vita last year and has been played by over 1m people, when …
Read More »‘Very large presence’ for Steam Machines at GDC
Little has been heard about the Steam Machines, Valve’s proposed series of console-style PCs designed for the living room, for quite some time but the firm promises more will be revealed at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The lack of news regarding the hotly anticipated devices has …
Read More »Steam Machines will be ‘front and centre’ at GDC 2015
Valve planning to have a "very large presence" in San Francisco this year
Read More »Valve’s Steam controller design has been finalised
Valve has finished the design of its Steam controller and is putting it into production, according to Origin PC CEO Kevin Wasielewski. Speaking toGameSpot, Wasielewski said after a number of revamps following user feedback, Valve had settled on a final design for the controller and may showcase it during GDC. …
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