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Steam adding remote game installs (over browser or mobile device)
Here’s official Steam Support article. And a shot from official forums beta thread: No pre-loading? Not a problem anymore. Queue up your game at work and play when you get home. Same goes for being out of town for lets say future Steam holiday sales. Here’s a screenshot of the remote installation progress:
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EA to disable purchased copies of Rock Band on iOS
While the recent news about the DLC outage finally ending for all users, it looks like another form of Rock Band may be coming to a more permanent end in the near future. Rock Band iOS app will “no longer be playable” after May 31st, according to an in-game pop up message when loading the…
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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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Valve updates Steam’s account policy, you can now access your games while banned!
I can’t believe they finally did it. A lot of gamers were questioning why it wasn’t possible to access games in offline mode in Steam while an account was suspended or banned, but the real news is that you already can, Valve just never told anyone. What’s more? Your games aren’t limited to offline mode.…
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Valve’s handbook for new employees
This thing leaked few hours ago, check it out, it’s a fun thing to read!
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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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Valve reveals mystery hardware project: wearable computing
“This morning, Valve Software set the world of gaming news abuzz by attempting to hire hardware engineers. Now, Valve developer (and well-known programmer) Michael Abrash has revealed what kind of hardware the company is prototyping: computer technology you can wear. It’s certainly an important time to admit such a thing, considering how Google’s Project Glass…
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Random giveaway!
Hi, just giving away random stuff: Nexuiz Beta (Steam key): WDZF3-FRCTW-9GRIC Tribes Ascend Soldier Utility Pack (activate in Extras menu in-game): U1332CDC88019A4A8 Go go go!
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Tribes Ascend Release Day Tomorrow!
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Fallout is free today on GOG!
Check it out: http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout
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EA voted Worst Company in America For 2012
“Whether it’s on a console, a PC, a smartphone or tablet, hundreds of millions of people play video games every day. Yet most mainstream media covers the industry the same way it treats adult dodge ball leagues and cat fashion shows (both noble ventures, but neither of them multi-billion dollar industries). And the only time…
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Witcher 2 devs giving away "legendary" PC RPG free on GOG this Thursday
CD Projekt Red will give away a "legendary" PC RPG for free on GOG.com this Thursday, 5th April (revealed by Eurogamer). The giveaway coincides with CD Projekt’s Spring Conference, which is being streamed live at 5pm GMT (presumably 6pm BST). Note that giveaway has nothing to do with the "extraordinary" conference announcement CD Projekt has…
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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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Good (not so?) Old Games grows bigger, puts it’s first pre-order for a brand new game
The new, new GOG offers more community features to suggest new games, a new, faster downloader, and, most importantly, more games. GOG is fulfilling its promise of newer games with a growing selection of recent indies including Trine and The Whispered World. It’s even selling a game that’s so not old, it’s not even out…
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Offensive Giveaway – here are the winners!
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Offensive Giveaway
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Spring Giveaway winners!
Here are the winners of our latest lottery sponsored by CDKeyPrices.
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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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Spring Giveaway!