Category: Games
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The Secret World won’t be coming to Steam, subscription fee priced badly in Europe (especially UK)
Hey guys, after all that Diablo 3 fiasco (really, really stupid game, broken core, items, drop system etc) I was looking for something cool and brand new to play with. I stumbled upon The Secret World (coming out very soon, sometime in July I think) – MMORPG from developer Funcom (makers of Anarchy Online and…
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EA Origin: ‘Our aim is to be a better version of Steam’
EA says it wants its Origin download platform to be a better version of all the other portals on the market. The firm’s senior VP of global ecommerce David DeMartini has also responded to Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell’s criticism that Origin has yet to do anything ‘super-well’ – adding that he is delighted…
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Korea prohibits trade of online game items
Korea has decided to ban trade for commercial game items from the second half of this year as a measure aimed at encouraging students to not waste time. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced that it is planning to halt all virtual item trades with a new law, to be announced sometime…
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Germany warns Blizzard (cease-and-desist order)
Due to lack of information about the game on the box of Diablo 3 and the lack of access to the game because of technical problems, the Consumer Federation warned the game manufacturer Blizzard. Blizzard has failed to inform players about permanent Internet connection requirement on the game box. Also in connection with the registration…
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France threatens Blizzard with legal action on connection-issues
In France, the very serious “UFC Que Choisir” organization (focused on protecting consumers of all kinds of products) has received over 1500 complaints in 4 days from gamers about connect-ability issues and has asked Blizzard to have a permanent solution within 15 days and to communicate completely and transparently about problems encountered in due time.…
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Blizzard Faces A Class-Action Lawsuit In Korea Over ‘Diablo III’
Between hacked accounts and Error 37 messages, the server-side problems with Blizzard’s ‘Diablo III’ aren’t going away thanks to its always-online requirement. Now Korean internet cafe owners are taking Blizzard to court. Blizzard is wildly popular in Korea. Diablo III has, unsurprisingly – after Star Craft and Star Craft 2, been another big hit there.…
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Diablo 3: Post release poll!
Hey guys! I am just curious myself so here’s the question: [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][poll id="51"] Today it turned out that people were duping gold in Diablo 3 (they were able to do that by…
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Diablo 3: Blizzard Locks Down Russian Language Version
Without any warning, Blizzard has locked down the Russian language version of Diablo 3 – which few days ago was just fine in any other country than Russia and obviously it was cheaper from other regional versions of the game. You could even launch the Russian version of the game and select another language such…
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Crytek: All our future games will be free-to-play
Crytek’s future output will solely consist of triple-A free-to-play games, Cevat Yerli has revealed. Speaking to VideoGamer.com on the last day of E3, the Crytek CEO lamented the rise of DLC and premium gaming services, which he considers to be "milking customers to death". Warface, Crytek Kiev’s multiplayer FPS, will be the company’s first foray…
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – $15 on all platforms!
Valve has just announced the launch date of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: August 21. They’ve also mentioned that CS:GO will cost $15 “on all platforms.” I’m happy that Valve is not using the 1€ = $1 scheme, lets just hope they will keep their word.
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Blizzard raided by Korean government
The government has launched an investigation into Blizzard Entertainment over allegations that the American computer gamemaker has refused to refund Koreans who purchased its latest real-time role-playing game Diablo 3. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said the firm is suspected of having violated the country’s law on electronic commerce and commercial contracts. The FTC said…
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Epic Games is 20 years old!
Epic Games is 20 years old! [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][poll id="49"] To celebrate they are giving away 20 of the best Epic tracks from their games over the years. They’ve hand picked and remastered a…
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Canonical in touch with Valve to ensure Steam is well supported on Ubuntu
Lots of Steam on Linux news this week after Michael Larabel visited Valve office and confirmed Steam and Source Engine on Linux. Now, in a Live QA session for Ubuntu 12.04 release, Ubuntu Developer and Community Manager Jono Bacon said that he knows Canonical has been in touch with Valve to ensure top…
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Steam is coming to Linux!
Michael Larabel (of Phoronix) met with Valve today; tweets “steam is coming to Linux…”: And another quote here: @michaellarabel #valve does have Linux games coming plus other very positive Linux plans… I’ll briefly post some screenshots and such tonight. And even more info here.
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Valve’s new business model – pay less if you’re nice?
This one is interesting, Valve is trying to charge morons and jerks more for their games, nice people would pay less or play for free even. In a podcast interview with Seven Day Cooldown, summarized by Develop, Valve Boss Gabe Newell discusses the payment model for upcoming strategy game DOTA 2.: “The issue that we’re…
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Gabe Newell: DOTA 2 is going to be free-to-play, “it’ll have some twists”
“Gabe Newell denied meeting Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple in a recent podcast with Seven Day Cooldown, but that’s not all he said. He also mentioned that DOTA 2 will be free-to-play, but with a twist. “It’s going to be free-to-play — it’ll have some twists, but that’s the easiest way for people to…
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Diablo III – Open Beta, This weekend Only
Get it here!
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Fallout is free today on GOG!
Check it out: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout
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Steam soon to introduce used game selling and new refund policy!
YES! Finally Valve Software has decided that soon all Steam users will be able to sell or give away their own “used” games off their Steam accounts. Here is what Gabe Newell said: “We are happy to announce that soon (May 1st) all Steam users who bought at least one game using Steam will be…
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Valve actively looking for Linux devs
Valve has been recruiting for at least one Linux specialist to help port Windows games with this job ad since January. But it looks like they’re getting very serious, and keen to push on with the project. Phoronix.com’s Michael Larabel has received an email from Gabe himself asking for help head hunting. The email to…
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Mass Effect 3 Protesters Sending Cupcakes to Bioware
At first, fans disappointed with ending of Mass Effect 3 tried to rally supporters to their cause by raising money for the charity Child’s Play, which helps get entertainment to sick kids in hospitals. But last week, Retake Mass Effect and Child’s Play parted ways, with the charity becoming concerned that their platform was becoming…
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Refunds offered for Mass Effect’s bad ending? Yes!
“The row about the Mass Effect 3 ending is waging on, with retailers now offering full refunds for any customer saying they’re not satisfied with the ending. Amazon.com has stated that they will take the game back for an exact refund, even if the case has been opened and any code has been used. EA’s…
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Tribes: Ascend release date
Hi-Rez Studios announced that Tribes: Ascend will be released on April 12, 2012! Check out their new trailer (parody of Dead Island):
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GDC 2012: How Valve made Team Fortress 2 free-to-play
In June of 2011, Valve Software took its four-year-old online first-person shooter Team Fortress 2 and made it completely free-to-play — and ended up increasing revenues by a factor of twelve as a result. Valve’s Joe Ludwig ran a GDC session Wednesday that explained exactly how four years’ worth of content updates, tweaks, and…