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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…

  • Valve nukes Steam Box, working on new UI

    The beginning of the week brought reports that Valve was working on something called “Steam Box,” a list of hardware specs and associated software that manufacturers would turn around and build to sell under Valve’s certified label. Much like PC gamers would see their favorite titles branded by Nvidia or AMD, these rigs would feature…

  • Gabe is more than fine… financially

    Forbes editors have decided to estimate Gabe Newell’s fortune recently. As you realize there’s a list with the richest people in the world on which Gabe turned out to be… 854. This may sound not that great right? But as it turns out, if he wanted to sell his shares to someone else, he would…

  • Valve patents for controller

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  • Valve said to be working on ‘Steam Box’ gaming console with partners, could announce at GDC

    Recently there’s been chatter that Valve — the company behind the massively popular gaming service Steam — has been considering getting into the hardware business. Specifically, there have been rumors that the company has been toying with the idea of creating a proper set-top console which could potentially pose a threat to the Xbox 360…

  • VALVe’s support: A player has FPS issues. A developer asks him to bring in his computer, so they can have a look.

      Source: Steam Forums

  • Penny Arcade goes to Valve Software headquarters

    See the pics here.

  • Assassin’s Creed, Might and Magic, Settlers unplayable during Ubisoft server switch

    Online modes for the majority of Ubisoft games will be impacted next week when the company moves its gaming servers. PC and Mac gamers will find several games completely unavailable online and offline. Ubisoft will start transitioning its online services from next Tuesday, 7th February. PC games scheduled to go dark include Tom Clancy’s HAWX…

  • Ubisoft’s idiotic DRM strikes again!

    If you were planning to buy Anno 2070, you should know that it is limited to only 3 activations and if you replace your, say, graphics card more than thrice, you can say goodbye to the game. What exactly is Ubisoft’s thought process behind such a strategy for the PC market? Yes, we know they…

  • Gabe Newell: Piracy is a “Non-issue” to Valve; Providing better Services Will Result in More Sales

    In a recent interview with TCS, Gabe Newell explained why Valve is so successful. Recently we posted how Ubisoft were abandoning the PC market due to piracy, and imposing heavy DRM on their customers, but according to Newell that’s not really the right way to go about it. He said that there is a general…

  • Ubisoft: I Am Alive cancelled on the PC; “so few people are paying for the PC games”, “there’s so much pirating”

    I Am Alive will probably not be coming to PC, the game’s creative director Stanislas Mettra claims. The problem with releasing a PC edition is that piracy makes profitably uncertain. Ubisoft is aware of the fact that PC gamers want the game too so here’s Mettra’s official statement regarding a PC release: “We’ve heard loud and…

  • UPDATE: EA faces lawsuit for breaking PS3 Battlefield promise

    EA is being taken to court for failing to keep its promise that the PlayStation 3 version of Battlefield 3 would include a free copy of Battlefield 1943. As reported by Kotaku, US law firm Edelson McGuire filed a class action suit against EA today on behalf of disgruntled PS3 owners. The suit isn’t focusing…

  • Origin to power Wii U online

    Electronic Arts is helping Nintendo in development of the Wii Uonline service, according to reports, and is bidding to make its Origin service a key part of the upcoming console’s online offering. According to an EA intern, speaking to WiiUGo, the console’s online service will offer voice and video chat, leaderboards and friends lists. Nintendo…

  • Nintendo stands against DLC

    Reggie Fils-Aime of Nintendo has just stated why their games don’t provide DLC: “When we sell a game, we want the consumer to feel that they’ve had a complete experience. We’re unwilling to sell a piece of a game upfront and, if you will, force a consumer to buy more later. That’s what [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes”…

  • Burnout Paradise for free, if you live in the UK

    People at HotUkDeals have figured out how to get Burnout Paradise for free via EA’s Origin service – in the UK, at least. Open the Origin client, do a search for Burnout Paradise, add it to your basket, check out and then enter the word “PARADISE” (in caps) as the Promo Code. It’s worth noting…

  • Steam database compromised, what now?

    Check this e-mail from Gabe: Edit: It turns out it’s probably fake but we’ll see:  

  • Official Steam forums hacked?

    The Steam forums are currently offline. "The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated." Valve is yet to comment on the situation, but some users have reported what looks like a breach that occurred last night. Images, below, show the forum redesigned slightly to contain a message from FknOwned.com, a website…

  • Poll time: Do you use EA’s Origin?

    Just a simple question to you guys, out of curiosity: [poll id=”44″]

  • Electronic Arts: “Origin is not spyware”!

    Origin is under fire in Germany, here’s some info from the Spiegel (via Eurogamer) – they mostly bash EA for (allegedly) accessing other programs without notifying users and giving “partners” free rein to collect information on “IP addresses, usage data, software, equipment, software usage and existing hardware peripherals” fingor marketing purposes. According to the Spiegel,…

  • Electronic (F)Arts know how to fuck it up!

    Check this story out, I cannot believe how stupidly EA/Origin behaves: From now on we’ll keep on posting every bad EA thing we find. This sums it up pretty well: Source: Reddit and original image.

  • Gabe Newell on pricing and free to play

    Gabe Newell discussed the difference between silently discounting a game and making a big sale. When they quietly lowered prices, they found it to be elastic (sales increase proportionally, so the overall revenue remains the same), but… “The sale is a highly promoted event that has ancillary media like comic books and movies associated with…

  • 93,000 Sony accounts were accessed by hackers… again!

    93,000 accounts, 60,000 were PlayStation Network / Sony Entertainment Network accounts, and 33,000 were Sony Online Entertainment accounts. It amounts to one tenth of one per cent of Sony’s total PSN, SEN and SOE audience. Sony has locked the accounts affected. Of the 93,000 accounts accessed, only a small fraction showed additional activity prior to…

  • BF3 3 server files leaked, DICE says if you join modified server your entire Origin account will be banned

    Battlefield 3 server files leaked, modded servers appeared in the game, meanwhile DICE responds by stating that joining one may result in your entire Origin account being banned, losing access to all games on it. Source: reddit