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The PC version of Ubisoft’s upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth won’t integrate the publisher’s uPlay service. uPlay will not be featured in South Park: Stick of Truth,” developer Obsidian confirmed on Twitter, adding: That’s pretty exceptional for a game published by Ubisoft.” The studio also confirmed that it’s …
Read More »Valve introduces Steam Music
Steam is to introduce a brand new bit of functionality – Steam Music. It’s not a brand new store front selling music, however. Instead the functionality offers users the chance to integrate their music collection into their Steam library. The key here is that gamers will be able to listen …
Read More »Second chapter of The Walking Dead Season Two ‘just around the corner’
The next chapter in the new season of The Walking Dead is likely to arrive sometime later in February. The developer teased on Twitter that the impending release of The Walking Dead: Season Two’s second episode is just around the corner” – providing an image of protagonist Clementine and the …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 26 – February 1
Not much change on Steam’s top selling products chart this week, with DayZ and Rust yet again out ahead of the pack. The two Early Access offerings have entered their third consecutive month finishing in the top two spots, and neither have shown any sign of slowing down. Starbound – …
Read More »LocoCycle coming to Steam and Xbox 360
Twisted Pixel has announced that its downloadable motorcycle title will be coming to Xbox 360 and Steam. The new versions of LocoCycle coming to Xbox Live and Steam will be a nice Valentines Day present, releasing on February 14th. Both versions have a price tag of $10. LocoCycle was released …
Read More »Bugbear’s Next Car Game makes $1m in one week on Steam Early Access
While releasing a game early doesn’t always reap rewards, it certainly has for racing specialist Bugbear. The studio has announced that its Next Car Game title made over $1m in its first week of availability on Steam Early Access, aping the success of Early Access forerunners such as Day, Rust …
Read More »Steam users can now self-refund pre-orders
Origin-style money-back offers may be some way off, but Steam has introduced one consumer-pleasing feature over the weekend. Joystiq reports that Steam users are now able to automatically have pre-orders refunded via the introduction of a ‘Refund an Item’ button on their transaction history page. The pre-order amount is then …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 19-25
The triad of Early Access hits continue their reign atop the charts. DayZ, Rust, and Starbound are once again one, two, and three on the latest weekly Steam top sellers list. The three have held this order for three weeks in a row, with DayZ and Rust having been firmly …
Read More »Don’t Starve surpasses 1m players, Klei mulling Vita and mobile
Indie developer Klei Entertainment has revealed its open world survival horror game Don’t Starve has accumulated 1m players on the PC platform alone. Speaking with Edge, Klei’s Corey Rollins revealed the figure was actually reached ahead of the title’s release on PS4. Well before the end of 2013 we had …
Read More »Another re-release planned for Resident Evil 4 as it hits PC
Capcom has unveiled a PC re-release for Resident Evil 4. Resident Evil 4: Ultimate HD Edition will be released on PC on February 28th and cost €19.99 in Europe, where unlike in other territories it will also get a physical release to accompany its arrival on Steam. It promises 60fps …
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