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In just a few hours Fnatic will face off against G2 eSports at ESL One Cologne, and one of Fnatic’s star players, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, had some harsh words on his opponents. Speaking to MCV at the ECS finals a couple of weeks ago Flusha was asked if G2 were …
Read More »‘Not fun’ and ‘Accidental purchase’ top Facepunch and RocketWerkz Steam refund request reasons
Studios behind Rust and Out of Ammo reveal data for the last month, showing that technical troubles also encourage players to ask for their money back
Read More »Dev slams Activision for pulling game from Steam over allegedly stolen art assets
Trek Industries rebuffs claims that it reused weapon models from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Advanced Warfare in Orion
Read More »One third of Valve is now developing VR and AR projects
More than 100 staff at PC giant Valve are working on augmented and virtual reality. That’s according to a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) – as reported by Kotaku – with Valve employee Alan Yates, who said that one third of the company is dedicated to its AR and VR …
Read More »A third of Valve’s staff are working on VR – and it’s looking for more
‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive
Read More »Six teams invited to The International 6, 10 places still up for grabs
OG, Team Liquid, Newbee, LGD Gaming, MVP Phoenix and Natus Vincere have all received direct invitations to The International 6, the biggest Dota 2 event of the year. The teams have been invited after competing at the top level over the past few months, and keeping team rosters unchanged after …
Read More »Newell says VR platform exclusivity is bad news for all
Valve boss Gabe Newell has issued a rallying cry for those upset over Oculus’ perceived attempts to fence off its VR platform. We don’t think exclusives are a good idea for customers or developers,” he told one Reddit user. On any given project, you need to think about how much …
Read More »PayPal: Steam Summer Sale starts June 23rd
Payment service PayPal has confirmed when this year’s Steam Summer Sale kicks off. The firm announced via Twitter (below) that the huge sales period will be launching on June 23rd. PayPal also leaked a number of Steam Sales in 2014 and 2015. Steam’s Sales periods are characterised by huge discounts …
Read More »Valve’s Newell: We will fund VR games without asking for exclusivity
‘We don't think exclusives are a good idea for customers or developers,’ boss of Steam and Vive firm explains
Read More »E3 2016: Bethesda moves into VR development with Fallout 4 and Doom for Vive
Fallout game director Todd Howard vows to bring the full RPG to Valve’s virtual reality platform
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