Category: Publishers & Developers
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What’s your favorite GTA 5 character from the new trailers?
Have you seen the brand new, three trailers for GTA 5? Check them out! And vote on your favorite character below. To me “Michael” looks like the most fun one. Although by looking on those trailers you can see how poor the graphics are going to be on the current gen consoles… in some areas…
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Heroes Over Europe for £4
Heroes Over Europe is currently on sale for £4 on GamesPlanet. Check it out here, it is not Steam redeemable but should activate on UPlay just fine.
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Valve on Virtual Reality: “it will take years, if not decades”
Those who’ve tried playing Team Fortress 2 with the Oculus Rift largely agree that it’s a game changer. Yet Valve’s tech-brain in chief, Michael Abrash, talked at GDC extensively about the challenges of developing working VR and especially AR systems, and what exactly technical advances we’ll need to get a more satisfactory VR system. Virtual…
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EA Deals 50% off on Green Man Gaming!
Up to 50% on EA-Games and additional 20% with GMG20-FDSCL-AQQXD!
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Steam launches Early Acces, new features for beta testers
Steam Early Access titles allow the community to get involved early and play select titles during their development. The goal of Early Access is to provide gamers with the chance to “go behind the scenes” and experience the development cycle firsthand and, more importantly, have a chance to interact with the developers by providing them…
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Electronic Arts chief resigns
Sorry I’m posting this so late, it’s my birthday! Lottery should start today as planned but late, late at night. The chief executive of Electronic Arts resigned on Monday, a victim of a troubled environment for the big video game companies as well as of internal missteps. “After six years I feel it is the…
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Maxis (kinda) admits servers are not needed for individual cities
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Valve’s business increased by 50 percent last year
Gabe Newell stepped up to the stage during last week’s BAFTA awards to receive the prestigious Academy Fellowship for his contributions to gaming. Newell credited Valve’s successes largely to user-generated content on open platforms such as Steam Workshop before sharing some jaw-dropping numbers. “There’s sort of an insatiable demand for gaming right now,” Newell said.…
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Maxis insider: SimCity servers not necessary!
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Stardock Entertainment voucher for 20% off
Here’s 20% off Stardock Entertainment games, use this code here. ENT-WK4-CTCH-EPHF-DXBI
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Valve fires few people, including Jason Holtman
Here’s some sad (?) news. Copy pasta from Gamasutra: Several employees were let go from Steam andHalf-Life maker Valve on Tuesday. The lay offs affected couple of employees (approx. 25) describing the incident include “great cleansing” and “large decisions.” Affected employees were asked not to speak about specifics, but the impression we get is that…
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Origin: The Sims 3 for 10€
Since we do have some girls around here, and this seems like a girly game (oh just please don’t hate me for that, I doubt most of the girls play COD or something), here’s a deal for The Sims 3. Origin is having a special one day sale for the game because of it’s 13th…
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German consumer federation goes to court war with Valve
Sorry I didn’t post this earlier but now it’s here, check this out, finally someone BIG is going after Valve, Steam and it’s subscriber agreement. Can’t wait to see how this turns out! The Federation of German Consumers Association (VZBV) has taken issue with Valve and Steam. The VZBV tried to get Valve to allow…
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Valve Pushes Out Half-Life For Linux
Valve has ported Half-Life to Linux. If you already own Half-Life on Steam just open it up on Linux and you can download it without any additional fees. If you didn’t buy the game a decade ago, Valve still sells Half-Life on Steam for a price of $9.99 (in USA). The Linux port of this…
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Get Games: Ubisoft games up to 75% off!
Here’s another sale, this time Eurogamer’s Get Games store is selling Ubisoft titles up to 75% off! Including Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Anno 2070, Rayman Origins and many more.
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UPlay: Ghost Recon Future Soldier 66% off
Here’s another good deal, this time on UPlay from Ubisoft, get Future Soldier 66% off which is around $10 depending on country. Click here to get it now!
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GamersGate: Bethesda and Borderlands 2 fails explained
Here’s the latest update from GamersGate about the whole Bethesda Complete and Borderlands 2 fourpack holiday fail – in case you missed it, they put up those two for a really low price during the holiday sale and then their servers crashed. Dear Members, Over the holidays we had a few problems with our…
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Steam Holiday Sale: Watch out for Far Cry Franchise Pack!
Watch out for Far Cry Franchise Pack on Steam Holiday Sale, it is more expensive than buying individual games. Check it out on the screenshot below: By buying the pack for 49,99€ you lose 7,52€. It applies to all regions as far as I know.
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GamersGate: Complete Bethesda Collection for 24€
Get Complete Bethesda Collection for 24€ on GamersGate by clicking here. The collection registers on Steam which by the way has it for 90€! One key for each game. Update: It no longer works! ;)
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New Steam Community Feature Beta – Game Guides
Check out new Steam Community feature – Game Guides! Steam Community Announcement
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Steam for Linux open beta coming next week
Steam for Linux will be available for everyone to try next week! The list of available games on Steam for Linux users: Amnesia Dynamite Jack Eversion iBomber Attack Killing Floor Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Serious Sam 3:BFE Sword & Sworcery The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles World of Goo Source: OMG Ubuntu
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European Commission responds: If Valve decides to offer a product solely within the UK this does generally not amount to an infringement of EU competition rules
I’ve just received a response from the European Commission (it’s weird because I did not send them an e-mail but a physical letter) and you guys are not gonna like it: … Thank you for your e-mail regarding Valve corporation. We note that, in substance, the concerns you have raised are to do with the…
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Nintendo blocking PEGI 18+ Wii U content in Europe at certain times
Nintendo of Europe is prohibiting European users from accessing the Wii U’s eShop for games and trailers rated PEGI 18+ between 3:00 and 23:00. Under these circumstances, the four-hour window of 23:00 to 3:00 is the only time users can purchase games like ZombiU or Assassin’s Creed III or even view trailers for such games.…
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Valve will release its own console with Linux based Steam on board
At last night’s Video Game Awards, Gabe Newell confirmed the company’s plans to sell its own living room PC that could compete with next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The biggest revelation is that Valve seems set to release its own complete hardware and software solution. Newell says that he expects companies to start selling…