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DayZ is on top of Steam’s top ten sellers list again this week – beating out another slew of discounted titles during the distributor’s end of 2013 sale. Facepunch Studio’s open world survival game Rust continues to perform well as an Early Access offering. The title rose from fourth last …
Read More »Hackers batter Origin, Steam, Battle.net and League of Legends
Alleged DDoS attacks taken servers offline and cause widespread disruption of digital storefronts
Read More »Steam, Origin, Battle.net and LoL seemingly downed by hackers
Assorted hackers have claimed responsibility for a string of attacks that have disrupted a number of high-profile gaming services. Chief amongst the victims is Steam, which is experiencing seemingly random downtime affecting both the Steam store and the network’s community features. Also experiencing trouble is EA’s Origin service which is …
Read More »Activision’s Marvel titles pulled from digital storefronts
UPDATE: Marvel games will continue to be made available at retail stores, Activision says. Games like Deadpool can still be purchased on the High Street, but is no-longer available from digital download sites. ORIGINAL STORY: Activision’s Marvel-licensed games have been permanently removed from Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live. Game Informer …
Read More »PixelJunk dev doubles annual income with eight hour Steam sale
Q-Games thanks fans for 'phenomenal' sales
Read More »Eight-hour Steam sale doubles Q Games’ annual income
Multi-platform indie developer Q-Games saw its annual income double in the span of eight hours, thanks to a Steam community-voted sale on one of the studio’s titles. PixelJunk Eden was selected in a community vote to receive a front-page featured sale that dropped the game to $0.99 – 90 per …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 22-28
The Early Access offering of DayZ has again taken first on Steam’s best ten selling titles, making it the victor for the second week running. The feat is made more impressive by the fact that the upcoming standalone Arma II mod managed to outsell every other game on Steam – …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: December 15-21
Valve has released its latest top ten weekly sellers chart for Steam – with newcomer DayZ claiming the top spot from last week’s winner, Starbound. Starbound still finished in the runner-up spot, with Rust (last week’s runner-up) finishing third this time around. Steam’s end of 2013 sale also had an …
Read More »Steam’s year-end Winter Sale is live
The Steam Winter Sale is now underway, featuring offers on more than 2,000 games starting last night through to 3rdJanuary. Like all Steam sales, new PC games will go on discount each day, offering massive savings on indie and triple-A games. New deals are added daily at 11:30 pm IST. …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance receives PC date, pre-orders open on Steam
Konami has announced the PC release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is set to arrive next month. The publisher confirms the title will see its PC launch on January 9th. The PC version will be sold exclusively on Steam, with the distributor already offering a pre-order option – as well …
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