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Divinity: Original Sin continued its Steam chart dominance in the month of July, finishing in the top spot on Valve’s top sellers list for the third consecutive week. Last week’s runner-up DayZ slippped to fourth this week – making room for Dark Souls II’s season pass offering and Skyrim’s Legendary …
Read More »New Steam Controller design features thumbstick
It seems that Valve has redesigned the Steam Controller once again. A user on Facepunch’s forums was digging through a Steam client beta and stumbled across what appears to be a new design for Valve’s gamepad. This new one features an analogue stick on the left hand side in place …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 13-19
Divinity and DayZ continue to lead the pack on Steam’s latest weekly top sellers, grabbing the chart’s first and second positions respectively. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive maintained its spot in third for the second week in a row as well, while Wolfenstein: The New Order (on special) and Early Access hit …
Read More »ESPN3 to air The International Dota 2 grand finals
The championship rounds of Dota 2 competition The International will air on ESPN3, Valve has announced. A post on Steam’s news section reveals the eSports competition will be available to view live on ESPN’s online streaming service with matches, analysis, interviews and all. Watchers can also view the competition on …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 6-12
Divinity: Original Sin maintained its top spot again on this Steam’s weekly top ten sellers chart, while DayZ is on the climb again. Bohemia’s Early Access survival game finished as last week’s runner-up, jumping three spots from the previous period. Chart regular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finished right behind in third. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 28 – July 5
Divinity: Original Sin has claimed the top spot on Steam during last week’s sales period, which included the fading days of the digital distributor’s summer sale. Wolfenstein: The New Order and Payday 2 finished with their own flourishes, thanks to significant promotional discounts. The pair finished in the runner-up and …
Read More »Dota 2 tournament The International boasts $10m prize pool
The International 2014, this year’s rendition of Valve’s official Dota 2 tournament, has garnered more than $10m for its prize pool. The game’s official site currently shows the pool at $10,120,673, with more than half of the amount raised in around five weeks time. The figure is driven by Dota …
Read More »Steam Early Access success Rust being rebuilt from ground up
Facepunch Studios’ Steam Early Access hit Rust will undergo a total revamp, as the current version is being scrapped entirely for one with new code that will significantly alter the game. Speaking with PCGamesN, Rust developer Garry Newman – also known for creating Garry’s Mod – explained the logic behind …
Read More »There are over 125 Kickstarted games currently available on Steam
A good reminder of what Kickstarter has contributed to the games industry can currently be found over on Steam. A dedicated Kickstarter page on Valve’s digital retail service lists over 125 games that are currently available to buy on Steam whose origins can be found on the crowdfunding platform. Big …
Read More »Steam breaks 8m concurrent users barrier
The latest Steam Sale has helped Valve’s digital games service hit a brand new milestone. As spotted by NeoGaf, on Sunday evening there were over 8m concurrent users of the service. Specifically, as of midnight UK time there were 8,020,428 people on the service. That beats the 7m+ record set …
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