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Former PS3 exclusive Way of the Samurai 4 is being ported to PC. Ghostlight is bringing the Acquire developed oddity, which was released in Japan in early 2011 and in the West in late 2012, to Steam at some point in the future. It will be the first game on …
Read More »GamesGrabr launches online store
Video game social network GamesGrabr has teamed up with digital distribution service Sony DADC Genba to sell games. Right now only digital PC titles through Steam are available. Over time GamesGrabr says it has plans to sell games across a variety of platforms and also aims to be selling boxed …
Read More »Valve pulls Early Access game The Stomping Land from Steam
Valve has quietly pulled Early Access title The Stomping Land from the Steam store, after months of inactivity surrounding the game’s development. While the $25 in-development game’s store page remains live, the option to purchase it is no longer available. The last update for the game came in June, with …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 24-30
The second season of The Walking Dead took the top spot on Steam’s best sellers chart for the past week, thwarting 2K’s second impressive attempt to take over the entirety of the top ten. The publisher scored another four entries this week, following last week’s performance that claimed half of …
Read More »Steam’s ‘no refunds’ policy challenged in Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is challenging Valve over its ‘no refunds’ policy. Of course, Valve isn’t the only software house not to offer any refunds on games. But Valve and its Steam platform is the most high profile. The aforementioned commission argues Valve is in violation of the …
Read More »Gauntlet reboot delayed, still arrives next month
Those waiting for Arrowhead Game Studios’ upcoming Gauntlet reboot will have to wait just a bit longer, as the game has suffered a slight delay. Originally scheduled for a Septemer 3rd arrival, the update on the classic dungeon crawler will now launch September 23rd on Steam. Arrowhead explains the delay …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: August 17-23
Borderlands and Civilization titles dominated Steam’s top sellers chart for the past week, thanks to promotional events revolving around 2K Games’ catalog. Borderlands 2 took the top spot, with pre-orders for Borderlands: The Presequle coming in third. Similarly, Civilization V: Complete Edition finished in the runner-up position, while pre-orders for …
Read More »The Vanishing of Ethan Carter launches next month on PC
Open-world crime thriller The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is set to launch next month on Windows PC, developer The Astronauts have announced. The title will launch September 25th on Steam and GOG, with the studio already taking pre-orders for both distributors via the game’s official website. The Vanishing of Ethan …
Read More »Motion sickness issues cause developer to abandon Oculus Rift support
Lunar Studios has ditched plans to bring its upcoming space adventure title Routine to Oculus Rift due to the extreme” motion sickness caused by play testing the game. The developer posted the news in a status update on the game’s Steam community page – explaining that while the game is …
Read More »New survey shows devs would prefer working for Valve over own company
Game developers would rather work for Valve than for their own company, a new IGDA poll has found. The latest International Game Developers Association’s annual Developer Satisfaction Survey shows that Valve topped a list of several work destinations, including the runner-up selection of my own company.” The survey polled 2,200 …
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