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Square Enix has announced plans to continue its trend of repackaging older Final Fantasy games for PC, revealing Square’s 1990 release Final Fantasy III is coming soon” to Steam. Released exclusively in Japan nearly a quarter century ago, Final Fantasy III was re-released with a western launch as a 2007 …
Read More »Space Engineers sells 500k units on Steam
Independent developer Keen Software House has announced its space sandbox game Space Engineers has sold over 500k copies as an Early Access offering on Steam. The indie game (and regular on Steam’s top ten chart) has been available since October 23rd of last year, meaning the milestone was achieved right …
Read More »Devs abandon Steam Greenlight title Towns
Towns, which was Greenlit on Steam over a year and a half ago, has been cut adrift by its developers. It was one of the first titles to pass through the Greenlight system and would in today’s day and age likely be an Early Access title on Steam’s service. At …
Read More »Valve pulls Early Access game Earth: Year 2066 from Steam
Valve has removed Steam Early Access title Earth: Year 2066 from the Steam store, offering refunds to anyone who purchased the title for a limited time. The pulling comes following mounting criticism that the title was released in a disastrous state – with the game being repeatedly labeled as broken,” …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 27 – May 3
Dark Souls II has bumped DayZ off its presumed throne on this week’s Steam top sellers chart, grabbing the top spot in its second week out from launch. DayZ didn’t fall far, still selling enough copies during the period to take the runner-up position. A Star Wars series sale has …
Read More »How Autodesk is equipping indies
Director of game solutions Frank Delise tells us a Steam version of Maya LT is just the start
Read More »How Steam Early Access revolutionised publishing
One of the biggest successes at the end of last year and the start of this one was not a triple-A title. It was not polished to a mirror sheen and had not benefitted from a huge marketing push. Rather it was an unfinished zombie game from a studio based …
Read More »Wasteland 2 dev: Valve took PC gaming out of the dark ages
Studio head Brian Fargo praises Steam creator for not ‘wielding’ its power
Read More »Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare PC release set for June
PopCap’s multiplayer-focused shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will arrive on PC this June, publisher EA has announced. The Windows version will launch on June 24th, and will be distrusted through Origin as well as other retailers.” It’ll pack the Garden Variety and Zomboss Down DLC already available for the …
Read More »Steam removes need for publishers, says DayZ creator
Valve’s Early Access store eliminates the need for a publisher, at least according to DayZ developer Dean Hall. The platform allows studios to sell unfinished games with the aim of funding their full development. Hall feels that consumers are serving the role of a publisher, paying for a title’s development …
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