MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Early Access titles DayZ and Rust have settled in at the top of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere soon. Bohemia’s zombie survival title beat out Facepunch’s general survival title, grabbing the top spot on the list for the fourth week in a …
Read More »Valve releases Steam Family Options
Parental controls exit beta as company prepares to enter the living room
Read More »Valve releasing virtual reality SDK next week
Steam Machines software development kit to be unveiled during Steam Dev Days
Read More »Dixons on-board for Steam Machines
Currys/PC World owner says it’s keeping close tabs on Valve’s new Steam Machines to bring devices to the High Street. Valve took to the stage at this year’s CES show to lift the lid on the long-awaited devices and confirmed 13 partners would produce their own iterations of the device, …
Read More »Newell on Xbox One threat: "It’d take a while for them to catch up with Steam"
Xbox One has already sold 3m machines. But Valve founder Gabe Newell isn’t worried. Kotaku reports that when Newell was asked about the potential threat posed by Microsoft’s machine at CES yesterday, he responded: Well, it’d take a while for them to catch up. I mean, we’re at 65m.” He …
Read More »Valve unveils 13 Steam Machine models
Prices for SteamOS hardware range from $499 to $6,000
Read More »Alienware’s Steam Machine amongst 13 confirmed devices
13 of the upcoming Steam Machines have at last been detailed, including one from gaming PC specialist Alienware. Alienware’s device is apparently a result of a four-year collaboration with Valve and is designed to combine the ease of a console with the freedom of a PC”. "We have been working …
Read More »Starbound sells 1m copies through Steam Early Access
Steam’s Early Access program has paid off for yet another studio, as UK-based indie developer Chucklefish has announced its upcoming title Starbound has exceeded 1m copies sold. The studio’s Twitter account revealed the figure, which was gathered in just over a month of availability through the PC digital distribution giant. …
Read More »Far Cry 2 creative director leaves Valve
Industry veteran Clint Hocking is no longer working at Valve, according to the man’s LinkedIn page. Game Informer points to the former Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 director’s recently updated profile, which reveals he has departed from his designer post at the firm. Hocking had previously worked for Ubisoft …
Read More »12 Steam Machine manufacturers named
Another ten firms are supporting Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine console, according to a report. As reported byEngadget, companies such asiBuyPowerand Digital Storm were already revealed as developing hardware for Valve’s new SteamOS, but another ten firms are now set to show their own systems during the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 …
Read More »