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Square Enix has decided to release Deus Ex: The Fall a week earlier than it had originally announced on Steam. As spotted by VG247, the 7.99 also includes a free digital copy of Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition for a limited time. The game, which was last year …
Read More »Free-to-play shooter Ghost Recon Phantoms launches next month
Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online will officially release next month, the publisher has announced. The game will launch on Steam April 10th, under the new title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms. The rename is to mark the game’s shift in art direction, revamped matchmaking system, and other …
Read More »Gauntlet reboot confirmed
Cult Atari arcade IP Gauntlet is returning. Warner Bros is behind the reboot which is heading for Steam on Windows and SteamOS this summer. The game fronts the launch of what is being called WB Games Vault, described as a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular …
Read More »PICTURES: Valve’s Steam Controller undergoes another redesign
Valve has released a picture of the latest iteration of its upcoming Steam Controller. It had already been confirmed that the joypad’s central touchscreen has been ditched. What we now see, however, is that in its place we have not only a four-button dpad and four Xbox-like XYAB face buttons …
Read More »Valve ditches touchscreen in Steam controller redesign
New gamepad features standard button inputs
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 9-15
South Park: The Stick of Truth maintained its position this week on Steam’s best sellers chart, once again finishing ahead of DayZ for the top spot. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive jumped to the third spot, thanks to a discount promotion; while Dark Souls II finished in fourth. Early access title Planet …
Read More »New Steam report system lets customers flag offensive, illegal games
Valve is readying a new customer report feature that allows users to flag offensive games or products that violate laws. DualShockers points to a new beta update for Steam’s client that packs a new prompt giving customers the option to report a title for several reasons. Violations include: Breaching law, …
Read More »‘Valve is letting developers be the shopkeeper’
UK developers have hailed Steam’s decision to let them hold their own sales. Creators can now introduce custom discounts to their games on the PC download platform, schedule future sales and even opt in for the Steam’s week-long sales. And developer Garry Newman of Facepunch Studios has played down concerns …
Read More »Full Steam ahead: How UK developers are finding success on Early Access
We speak to the developers behind Rust, Starbound and Maia about a new way to develop games
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 2-8
South Park: The Stick of Truth has emerged the victor for Steam’s latest weekly sales chart, beating out DayZ and Banished for the top spot. Ubisoft’s RPG based on the long-running cartoon benefited from its launch last week, but had been a list regular for the past month or two …
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