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  • Have a great Holiday Season! Winter Giveaway soon!

    Our website just turned 4 years old today, we’re constantly trying to point out all the flaws of the digital world and we’re actively fighting for price differences around the globe, we actually have few things planned for next year so stay tuned because we’re gonna get even louder this time! So go ahead and…

  • National Rifle Association blames games for Sandy Elementary School shooting

    National Rifle Association called on Congress to put armed police officers in every school in America. The press conference came one week after the tragedy in Newtown. CEO Wayne LaPierre blamed many things in his press conference for the influx of mass shootings in the U.S. — everything from gun-free school zones, the media, movies,…

  • Brand new indie bundles are here!

    The Humble Indie Bundle 7 is up featuring: Dungeon Defenders and DLCs* Legend of Grimrook* Snapshot The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC Closure Indie Game: The Movie Shank 2 Just pay above the average (currently $5.78) to get the *first two games.  

  • DOTA 2 Keys for our readers!

    Ready, steady go: Wave one: 5 keys Wave two: 5 keys Wave three: 5 keys Wave four, coming soon…

  • Gabe Newell: Rise to Power

       

  • CD-Key stores need to stop what they’re doing!

    (Dragoon) UPDATE: Despite several warnings CD-Key stores owners can’t stop abusing the Steamunpowered.eu forums as battleground to fight each other. We will revert the CD-Key forums back to their original intent. Meaning they exist only for SU Users to post their experiences with a store and their purchases.  A store owner is free to comment…

  • Warning: FPS Banana infected!

    Watch out when you’re visiting FPS Banana! It’s probably one of the best sites for maps, skins, mods, custom UIs and other gaming stuff but recently they’ve been infected with the "Black Internet" trojan. Do not even visit the site because you will get infected while you visit it (you don’t have to download anything).…

  • In Brazil, users can break the DRM

    Brazil just changed it’s approach to DRM. Under the law recently passed the content provider may not use mechanisms to block access to files, which you can dispose by so-called fair use. The rules in Brazil are very different from the rules applicable in such countries like the USA. Americans in contrast to the Brazilians…

  • Infinity Ward & Activision Will Have Their Day in Court

    August 5th 2010 will be the next date for another hearing between these two companies who produced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.  There has been a total of 3 lawsuits filed against Activision from former employees. Back on the 1st of March 2010 Activision fired West and Zampella, creators of the Call of Duty…

  • Blizzard employees revealed

    Blizzard introduced the Real ID function to their users lately. But the majority of users who didn’t like it aren’t going to let this one go so easy, so someone created this website. This is basically a blog where you can read all about Blizzard employees who just happen to leave their names on the…

  • Another VAC controversy

    I think most of Team Fortress 2 players heard about www.tf2items.com, a website in which you can look at anyone’s backpack from the game with items, guns and hats. The creator of the whole system – Drunken F00l – got VAC banned lately after he leaked a way to get…the golden Wrench. That guy claims…

  • Blizzard’s Real ID pissed off the gamers

    Blizzard introduced the new feature to their forum community – Real ID. This basically means that gamers from now on won’t be using their World of Warcraft or StarCraft 2 character names but their real names on official Blizzard forums. A majority of gamers are pissed at Blizzard for this. The Real ID feature will…

  • Few words about ACTA

    ACTA is a global anti-counterfeiting (and anti-piracy) agreement that might change the internet as we know it. It would give federal officials the right to inspect your files without any warrant. It would make unauthorized possession of copyrighted material a federal crime. And there’s nowhere in the developed world you’d be able to go to…

  • EA deals on Steam…revealed?

    Reddit users managed to find this (they just replaced monday.jpg to other days of the week): News thanks to Kossak!

  • Valve’s E3 Surprise Is … There Is No Surprise

    We had several different informations about Valve’s E3 presence, the developer has today issued a statement confirming the cancellation of Monday’s E3 press conference at the Regal Theater. The event was suppose to hype Portal 2 related stuff, before being semi-cancelled on 2 June (it was postponed to 2011). This first announcement, however, suggested an…

  • Valve to release Duke Nukem Forever?

    I can’t believe it myself but if it’s true… Yesterday Valve updated their Valve Software website. New look a lot Mac-like stuff but that’s not it, they posted an image with something very weird which disappeared after few minutes. Hopefully 4chan users managed to grab a screenshot of it and here it is: As you…

  • Portal downloaded over 1.5 million times since going free!

    Several days ago, we reported that Portal is now available on Steam for free, in celebration of Valve’s successful port of the game to the Mac platform.  Since the game was released for free, it has been downloaded over 1.5 million times. Currently, Valve hasn’t released any data as to how many of these are…

  • Google celebrates 30 years of PacMan

    If you didn’t notice (is that even possible?) the playable Pac-Man on Google’s homepage now is your chance. Find out more about this classic game by clicking here.

  • CD-Key stores don’t give a fuck about privacy!

    I’ve recently found out (thanks to many user reports) that some CD-Key stores are requesting ID scans from their users after you purchase a game. They want users to send a passport, driver license or ID card scans or even pictures of buyers holding their ID card (with face visible)! Do not send them anything,…

  • E3 2010: New games from major publishers leaked?

    Here’s an E3 2010 line up list. It was supposed to be confidential… Click to enlarge. Source Update: Here’s more thanks to Dragoon – http://abstract360.com/2010/05/rumor-e3-2010-line-up-leaked/ Update 2: Confirmed fake! http://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/13410527050

  • Great indie games pack, pay what you want!!!

    Get those games below for whatever price you want! Do it quickly, the promo ends in 7 days!

  • Another secret countdown at GOG.com

    It’s probably a new publisher joining GOG or maybe a big sale? We’ll see soon!

  • European Space Agency likes online games!

    Here’s a cool news for all the space geeks: “Video gaming has become one of the globe’s most popular pastimes. Fans say games are often educational, their detractors answer they are anything but. Might ESA have something to learn from gaming? A new Agency study says the answer is yes. It comes from ESA’s Technology…

  • Switzerland Bans Violent Games

    The Swiss National Council has officially enforced a law that will lead to banning of any violent video game. The ruling has not been revealed yet, but it will be confirmed once the Swiss government reveals the requirements. However, the most likeliest series of things to come will be a ban on the distribution, production,…