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Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 7-13
The Summer Sale has made first impact on the top ten selling products chart for Valve’s service, with Civilization V and Borderlands 2 offerings making up nearly half of the list. Civ V’s latest expansion Brave New world finished ahead of BioShock Infinite for the top spot on this week’s …
Read More »The Steam Summer Getaway Sale is live
It’s that time of year when PC gamers unite to buy cheap games, and then moan about having bought too many cheap games. The Steam Summer Sale is live. It’s set to run from July 11th – 22nd and there are plenty of deals on games right now. But that’s …
Read More »Prepaid Steam cards to be available in India very soon
If you’ve been unable to participate in Steam sales due to your lack of access to a debit or credit card, a solution is near. Cybergames India has tied up with Valve to release prepaid Steam cards, or Wallet Codes as they’re called, in India. These cards work just like …
Read More »Valve coming to the UK?
Valve is looking at opening a UK office. The Steam giant is currently sounding out the UK development scene at the Develop in Brighton conference, and is looking at the potential viability of a UK office. UK developers could also work at its Seattle office or in a newly set …
Read More »Valve considers UK office after Luxembourg expansion
New European branch focusing on Steam, but could move into development
Read More »Sega sues THQ over Company of Heroes pre-orders
Sega is taking legal action against what’s left of defunct publisher THQ, claiming it is owed more than 630,000 taken by pre-orders for Company of Heroes 2. Specifically, the claim filed with the Delaware US Bankruptcy court concerns PC pre-orders through Steam. Sega is trying to claim the $941,710.93 (over …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 30 – July 6
Final Fantasy VII beat out upstart Rogue Legacy for the top spot on Steam’s latest top ten selling chart. Square’s PS1 classic roared up the sales chart this past week after launching late during the period. The game relaunched on PC last month through Square Enix itself, but just days …
Read More »Twitch and Steam agree video streaming deal
Video broadcasting service Twitch has signed a new deal to link up with Valve’s digital distribution platform Steam. Users of both Steam and Twitch can now tie together both of their accounts, allowing players to watch video streams outside of a game. The news mainly affects DOTA2 players, who will …
Read More »Video streaming service Twitch inks Steam deal
Valve looking to expand on features after DOTA 2 initial focus
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