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Left 4 Dead 2 was launched just a week ago and the game already has two new additions, one fan-made and the other official. The fans put their heads together and managed to get the single-player campaign for the original one unlocked in the sequel. It wasn't actually included by the developers in the game, so, i... |
23 November 2009
07:07 GMT |
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For a long time the Valve powered Steam service has been thought to dominate the digital distribution market on the PC, but there was little data related on how much of the market share it had. Now the customer report which Stardock, creators of the rival Impulse service, released shines light on the issue.Brad ... |
23 November 2009
03:23 GMT |
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For all those of you that wanted to see what the hype about Mass Effect was all about but, for some reason, never actually got to buy the game, Steam comes to the rescue. But this is business, not charity, so its special offer has a harsh expiration date. Mass Effect for the PC will be going on sale for a mere $10 th... |
6 November 2009
08:47 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 division at Microsoft does not feel in any way threatened by the rise of cloud-based computers like the recently revealed OnLive and Gaikai, believing that the current distribution model, focused on disk-based releases and downloadable content, will be central for the coming years.Jerry Johnson, who is t... |
2 November 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Arcen Games has announced that AI War: Fleet Command has reached the much-anticipated version 2.0, which brings a host of improvements to the gameplay and marks the release of the title on the Steam and Direct 2 Drive digital distribution services. Until now, the game could only be picked up from Impulse and from Gam... |
28 October 2009
03:39 GMT |
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When World of Goo celebrated its one-year anniversary, the developer decided to let gamers in on the fun by introducing a “Pay What You Want” scheme to the game. In essence, anyone could access the official site, download the game and pay any sum of money they thought it was worth. Ron Carmel, one of the ... |
21 October 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Randy Pitchford, the leader of Gearbox, creator of Borderlands and a known straight talker, has recently commented that Steam, the digital distribution service created and maintained by Valve, could be a problem for smaller developers because of its potential to be a monopoly and because of the conflict of interest w... |
17 October 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Most PC gamers tend to think of Steam, the distribution service from Valve, as being a very useful tool. It allows for games to be downloaded, patches are quickly applied, it eliminates the need to store a lot of disks and permits for all the game purchases to be tied to a single online identity. But it seems that so... |
8 October 2009
07:40 GMT |
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Pleased with the overall response that Zeno Clash received, game publisher Atlus decided to start a collaboration with ACE Team co-founder Carlos Bordeu. The latter showed interest in bringing the game to the Xbox 360 since earlier this year, as long as he would find a publisher to help out. And he did. Thus, accordi... |
2 October 2009
04:34 GMT |
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Epic Games has announced that all those who are interested in playing Unreal Tournament 3 Black for free can do so over the coming weekend. The move comes as the company and fans are commemorating the ten-year anniversary since the release of the demo for the original Unreal Tournament. All those who are interested ... |
18 September 2009
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Lucas Arts continues its collaboration with Steam, this time with a true gem of the gaming world, Dark Forces. The highly acclaimed, first-person shooter was released back in 1995 and is part of the equally renowned Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. Dark Forces and Jedi Knight are available for the meager sum of $4.99, ... |
17 September 2009
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For a long time, players and videogame creators have thought of videogames distributed only digitally, with no boxed retail disc, as a nice side show but not popular enough to generate the sales and the profits that big publishers are looking for.But if the figures cited by a representative of Microsoft Australia are... |
7 September 2009
02:55 GMT |
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It's hard to believe it but Games for Windows Live is two years old and Microsoft seems determined to push the service forward, despite claims from gamers that it provided lousy matchmaking and that it was badly integrated with videogames.Last week, the Redmond-based company released version 3.0 of the software,... |
10 August 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Valve has announced that it plans to take down most of the Steam services at about 6:00 PM Pacific time on August 6. The company is estimating that the downtime will not be longer than three hours, so all the services should be back up by 9:00 PM if all goes according to plan. If there is anything wrong, Valve promis... |
6 August 2009
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It's hard to dispute the domination of GameStop when it comes to videogames retailing in the United States. For both new titles and used games, retail chain stores are the place to go to and even as gamers are complaining about the level of service of the employees and the prices offered for used games, GameStop... |
3 August 2009
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Without a doubt, one of the biggest announcements at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and that stirred up the biggest amount of controversy was Valve's Left 4 Dead 2. Made during the Microsoft press conference, the announcement of a sequel to follow up Left 4 Dead in just one year made a lot of people quit... |
8 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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LucasArts has surprised many by announcing that it plans to release a slate of older games using the Steam digital distribution service from Valve. These should arrive on July 8 and are some of the most loved titles from the back catalogue of the publisher.The games that LucasArts is set to bring to Steam are: Loom a... |
7 July 2009
14:51 GMT |
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For quite some time, videogame industry figures have said that Steam and other digital distribution platforms were set to eat up market share from traditional retailers and that a trade war was brewing between the two camps.It appears that rather than hurting sales of boxed copies of videogames, digital delivery is a... |
6 July 2009
16:11 GMT |
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The gaming industry certainly has a lot of big video game publishers, including the likes of Electronic Arts or Activision, which dominate the playing field, but other smaller companies like 2K Games also managing to release quality titles thanks to their established franchises. PC gamers that are also fans of title... |
3 July 2009
12:41 GMT |
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DFC Intelligence, in association with GamerDNA, conducted an extended study aimed at measuring the way Steam and digital distribution in general could impact the sales and the overall activity for videogame releases.The title used was Left 4 Dead, which was released by Valve for both the Xbox 360 and the PC. The stud... |
24 June 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of the biggest games launched last year and became a fan favorite for its simple gameplay and top notch multiplayer options. The systems used by Valve delivered one of the best zombie killing experiences and made the game sell a lot of copies even though many months passed since its release.In ord... |
24 June 2009
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Creative Assembly and SEGA are announcing that, on Monday, players will be able to get a new patch for Empire: Total War, which will offer quite a lot of fixes and improvements, alongside new units. The update will be delivered, as all Empire-targeted content, via Valve's Steam, and the update will come when you... |
19 June 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the biggest online games out there, having gained a huge number of fans thanks to its distinct gameplay and wide variety of character classes that are available for players around the world. But another distinct feature that the Valve-developed game has is the fact that it is running on the... |
16 June 2009
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Video games are becoming more and more popular these days, and retail companies that sell them are making huge amounts of money. But a part of that money is no longer going to big name retailers like GameStop or Target, as gamers prefer to download their titles right at home, by using either Steam or Direct2Drive for... |
15 June 2009
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The PC gaming market has been deemed by many analysts as dying and some have said that, soon, no big company will bring its titles to it. But every week, the sales data from the NPD group, which charts the retail market, and digital download services Steam and Direct2Drive, offer a much more optimistic picture for th... |
10 June 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead was one of the most popular titles last year, thanks to its cohesive experience, great single and multiplayer modes and the top-notch compatibility with the platforms for which it was released. As such, it won over a lot of fans and is still a best-seller these days. But as Valve announced last week, a s... |
10 June 2009
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Left 4 Dead was one of last year's biggest games, gaining a huge amount of fans thanks to its great gameplay, impressive mechanics and top-notch multiplayer. The fact that it was released by Valve, which is a company that sits very close to the community, made it even more popular. But as E3 ended last week, th... |
9 June 2009
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Left 4 Dead was one of the biggest new games of last year, introducing a fresh and interesting twist to the whole action survival genre by putting four characters in front of a seemingly never-ending horde of zombies in different cliché locations, like a farm, an abandoned airport or a hospital.Its four main c... |
8 June 2009
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the biggest online first person shooters out there, largely because the team at Valve has put together a very solid and varied experience that caters to the tastes of any gamer.With the latest Spy and Sniper update, the development team took a great risk and dropped the old unlocking system ... |
1 June 2009
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Video games appear everyday, with very interesting titles flooding the average gamer and keeping him up to date with all the recent technology implemented in them. But caught in the middle of this rush of new titles, gamers often find themselves reminiscing of older titles that brought them hours upon hours of enjoym... |
27 May 2009
15:01 GMT |
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The PC platform hasn't been going through the best of times in recent years, but it is still continuing to sell quite a lot of games, even though piracy is a big problem for it. In order to see just what titles are selling and which aren't, here is our weekly PC Sales Charts, with data from the NPD Group fo... |
27 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Epic Games is sending word that its multiplayer shooter, Unreal Tournament 3 Black, is set to get another weekend in which it will be free to play to all the gamers who are interested in it. The game can be enjoyed without pay beginning this Thursday and all those who want to be ready at midnight can now begin the pr... |
27 May 2009
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the biggest online first-person shooters out there, owing much of its popularity to the team at Valve, which offered fans a great product whose content kept changing from month to month thanks to new updates and content add-ons. The last two weeks were filled with TF2 announcements, as the ... |
22 May 2009
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The PC platform is declared doomed at the beginning of every year by some analysts who say that this is the year when the PC will finally die and be overtaken by consoles. But luckily the old platform keeps on fighting and it still making a hefty profit for companies that choose to bring their games onto it. As alwa... |
20 May 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the most popular online games currently available on the market, largely due to the fact that the team at Valve put a lot of effort in developing it and offered many different experiences to all the gamers who are playing it right now. Part of these new experiences are the periodic updates ... |
15 May 2009
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Team Fortress 2 is one of the most popular online first-person shooters in recent years, managing to combine the rock-solid multiplayer of almost any game made by Valve with a wide variety of character classes, each with its own abilities, traits and weaknesses. The team at Valve has made a habit out of implementing... |
13 May 2009
02:58 GMT |
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Piracy is a big concern for the video game industry as it is present on almost any platform, not only on the PC as some developers and publishers want the media to believe. Almost every new release is cracked and put up for download on various websites even before it is officially launched. Now, Ace Team, the develo... |
4 May 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Left 4 Dead is one of the most popular shooters released last year, despite being a brand new Intellectual Property. It won over a lot of fans thanks to its solid multiplayer features and the great matchmaking system guaranteed by Valve's Steam service. Even though it experienced a lot of big sales in the holid... |
30 April 2009
16:01 GMT |
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PC gaming has been doomed by various analysts and developers in the gaming industry for quite some time. Its fate was sealed, in their opinion, by consoles, which hold the key to the future of virtual entertainment because of their low piracy rates and the more developer-friendly platforms. But things are still goin... |
28 April 2009
11:11 GMT |
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Valve is one of the most appreciated companies in the gaming community because it really listens to fans and commits to releasing games when they are completely done, even though this usually means delays after delays. But one of the greatest resources ever to come from the company is its Source engine, which powered... |
25 April 2009
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Left 4 Dead was a great game. It impressed reviewers and fans alike with its top-notch AI, intricate gameplay and ever-changing layout of its four scenarios, courtesy of Valve's innovative AI Director, who changed the location of ammunition spots and the intensity of the zombie attacks. But what it gained in in... |
24 April 2009
03:16 GMT |
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It's clear that the “Age of Steam,” as some have called it, is here, as NCsoft, a publisher and game developer that has a proprietary digital store in the form of PlayNC, is turning to the Valve created digital distribution service to sell its videogames. NCsoft, which publishes a wide range of MMOs,... |
23 April 2009
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PC gaming has been condemned by quite a lot of developers and publishers to a slow and painful death, but luckily things are going pretty good for the old platform, which is still fighting the good fight against the current generation of consoles in terms of game sales. As always, we have just received the PC Sales ... |
23 April 2009
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Zombies have been an integral part of the video game industry for quite some time, as a lot of titles have prominently featured them as the main targets of the player, in which he or she needed to shoot all of their ammunition. Left 4 Dead is one of the most recent titles to feature the undead, but it has also broug... |
22 April 2009
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Another week has passed and another fresh batch of data from the three biggest video game suppliers in the world of PC gaming has arrived for us to dissect and see just what were the trends in both retail and digital sales. So, without further ado, here are this week's PC Sales Charts from the NPD group, Steam a... |
14 April 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Stardock is announcing that its digital distribution service, Impulse, has finally received the Phase 3 update, which introduces a number of new features: Impulse Anywhere, allowing games to be downloaded on any machine and played on another one, Impulse Reactor, which permits developers to include matchmaking, frien... |
9 April 2009
13:11 GMT |
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PC gaming has been doomed by quite a lot of developers and industry specialists over the recent few years, but despite such gloomy forecasts, it has managed to stay alive and still generates a very nice income for companies that have brought their titles to it.Among them, as showed by the weekly retail sales charts f... |
8 April 2009
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The PC has been condemned by quite a lot of developers and analysts to a slow and painful death at the hands of piracy and low sales. But the PC Gaming Alliance has proven to us that companies which bring their titles onto this platform can make a decent profit.The PC sales charts of this week showcase some of the co... |
3 April 2009
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Valve really knows how to craft successful games. After The Orange Box, which bundled together hits like Half Life 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal, Valve announced that it planned to create a zombie shooter. The game looked so good that pre-orders were 65% bigger than they were for The Orange Box and the title quickly ... |
31 March 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Just as Valve announced its plans to introduce changes in its Steamworks service in order to make piracy impossible and eliminate Digital Rights Management from Steam-distributed games, Stardock revealed a series of changes coming to Impulse, its own digital distribution service. The company says that they are design... |
30 March 2009
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