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Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 23-29
A 75 per cent discount on Batman: Arkham Origins has the game ahead of the rest on the latest Steam top ten sales chart. WB’s licensed title finished ahead of DayZ for the top spot over the past week on Valve’s digital distribution hub. South Park: The Stick of Truth …
Read More »Free to Play documentary garners 5.5m viewers on opening weekend
Dota 2 documentary Free to Play had over 5.5m viewers over this past weekend, according to Valve. The company revealed the figure in a statement released this week, further claiming the numbers make it one of the largest debuts of any documentary film.” Free to Play – created internally at …
Read More »‘Steam Greenlight will be gone within 12 months’
Steam Greenlight will be abolished within the next year, according to Curve Studios design director Jonathan Biddle. The developer claimed onTwitterhe had spoken to Valve at GDC, which told him the community voting service would be "gone within 12 months". Valve boss Gabe Newell has previously said Greenlight would be …
Read More »UK closing tax loophole on Steam game downloads
Sales though Valve's eponymous digital store will be charged at 20 per cent VAT rate next year
Read More »Doctor Who: The Adventure Games materialise on Steam
The BBC has released its collection of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games on Steam. All five adventures – City of the Daleks, Blood of Cybermen, TARDIS, Shadows of the Vashta Nerada and The Gunpowder Plot – can currently be had on Valve’s service for 13.49, although that’s ten per cent …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 16-22
DayZ is back on top of this week’s best sellers chart on Steam. The early access hit beat out Payday 2 (on discount) and previous winner South Park: The Stick of Truth in sales over the past seven days. Bioshock Infinite also reemerged in seventh, thanks to a 75 per …
Read More »Opening up Linux: Is the OS becoming ripe for game development?
Develop investigates how recent changes and support from gaming's biggest companies is making Linux a viable option for developers
Read More »SteamOS ‘will destroy traditional consoles’
Faster hardware refresh cycle and open system will make Steam Machines a success, claims Leadwerks CEO Josh Klint
Read More »PICTURES: Valve’s Steam Controller undergoes another redesign
Valve has released a picture of the latest iteration of its upcoming Steam Controller. It had already been confirmed that the joypad’s central touchscreen has been ditched. What we now see, however, is that in its place we have not only a four-button dpad and four Xbox-like XYAB face buttons …
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