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DayZ was able to hold of Dark Souls II during its launch week to once again take the top spot Steam’s best sellers chart for the past week. The pair finished in the same order as the week prior, with Portal 2 on major discount climbing onto the list and …
Read More »Famed Dark Souls modder launches Dark Souls II graphics tool
The man who famously ‘fixed’ the troubled PC version of Dark Souls surprised the gaming world last night by debuting a new program alongside Dark Souls II. Durante last night launched GeDoSaTo (Generic Downsampling Tool), a tool designed to facilitate, amongst other things, downsampling – that’s the process of rendering …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 13-19
DayZ bested Dark Souls II pre-orders to claim the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. Bohemia’s open world survival game continues to set the pace, even months after its Early Access release. Dark Souls II should have enough gusto to overtake it in the coming week …
Read More »Team17 to publish Italic Pig’s Lost Quark on Steam
New title from the makers of Hector: Badge of Carnage is third title in line to be published on Steam via Team17
Read More »36.9% of Steam purchases are never played
A new insight into the digital lives of Steam users has revealed a host of fascinating data, not least of which is the number of games left untouched by owners. Ars Technica‘s detailed insight into Valve’s service, the technicals of which are outlined in detail in its report, show that …
Read More »Autodesk bringing Maya LT to Steam
Animation and modelling toolset will let gamers create their own assets for titles like Dota 2
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: April 6-12
DayZ is back on top of Valve’s latest weekly top sellers chart on Steam. The Early Access title resumes its reign atop the board, following Goat Simulator’s triumph the week prior. The goat game still fared alright though, finishing in third behind Watch Dogs (on the strength of its pre-orders). …
Read More »Leadwerks Standard Edition comes to Steam
Support added for programming in C++11 and Microsoft's Visual Studio 2013
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 30 – April 5
Goat Simulator has emerged the unexpected victor on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The indie beat out regular chart-topper DayZ for the top spot, with a discounted Age of Wonders III finishing behind the pair in third. Early Access hits Rust and Space Engineers finished fourth and fifth, …
Read More »Surviving Steam Early Access
Amplitude's Romain De Waubert guides us through releasing a game during alpha stage, and why it suited the studio's latest title Dungeon of the Endless
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