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Gabe Newell on piracy and DRM
“Russia now outside of Germany is our largest continental European market,” Newell was quoted as saying on Geekwire. Presumably this also means the UK is Valve’s largest continental European market. But Newell’s statement also indicates that Russia eclipses France, Spain and Scandinavian countries in terms of profits. It seems other games companies who had tried…
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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…
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Hey guys!
We have our Early Halloween Lottery past us. So what now? Please leave a comment (or send us an e-mail on lottery@steamunpowered.eu) and tell us what games would you like to see in the next lottery. We’ll try to get that done! Also if you have any game reviews (text or video, doesn’t matter) and…
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And the winner is…
We had 146 total entries. Most of users passed the quiz (141 valid quizes) and small amount of users failed the quiz (5). The most of people who didn’t get it right made a mistake on the last question which was fairly easy. Correct answers: Question #1: What was Steve Jobs’ name? Steve Question #2:…
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300 indie games… for free!
How about 300 Indie games? Get them all by going here. And yes these games are free and legal! The 2012 IGF Pirate Kart is a compilation of over 300 games by over 100 developers! It has been submitted to the 2012 Independent Games Festival Main Competition. Here’s what the creator of this great package…
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Early Halloween Giveaway
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European Union introduces new Internet Shopping rights!
The new EU Consumer Rights Directive has been formally adopted today by Member States in the EU’s Council of Ministers. The new legislation will strengthen consumers’ rights in all 27 EU countries, particularly when shopping online. After publication in the EU’s Official Journal, governments will have two years to implement the rules at national level.…
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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…
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How to get a refund on Steam (if you’re from UK)
Does anyone know if there’s some sort of law that would help us here in the rest of European Union?
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Thanks Techland!
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Gabe Newell: Rise to Power
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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
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Agreed to Origin/BF3 EULA? EA may collect and share your data!
It’s already known that Origin will be required to play Battlefield 3 on the PC, and at first, it seemed like just another digital download service, however, some might find it disturbing that, according to the Origin EULA, EA collects information about your computer, the software installed on it, its hardware, not only to “improve…
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Battlefield 3 – PC vs PS3
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Wondering how to lose fans and potential clients? Here’s how!
And before you comment on that read the whole thread. Source: official Red Orchestra 2 forums.
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Red Orchestra 2: How did they fuck this up?
Anyone got Red Orchestra 2? Here’s how the game looked like 1 year ago: It looks fucking BADASS right?! At the moment everyone who already has the game knows that this is 100% bullshit, the game is almost completly unplayable, it crashes for many people and works like shit (just Google/look on Red Orchestra 2…
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Battlefield 3 Open Beta
Open Beta starts Thursday, September 29th (9 days from today)! It’s gonna be available until October 10th (so it will last for 11 days). Source: Battlefield Blog
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DOTA 2 massive leak
One of the guys who got into DOTA 2 beta has decided to share with the rest of the world by leaking the client to the public. Most notable are some strings found in the game’s files that point to a microtransaction driven, free-to-play model similar to what Valve’s own Team Fortress 2 currently employs.…
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PlayStation gamers need to sign new agreement on PSN or they will be banned from the network
Sony has changed PSN’s terms and conditions and users have to agree to them next time they log in to PlayStation Network (the’ve added a section in which you can read that you won’t be able to sue Sony – in a group of people – for any security breaches, hacks etc). If they won’t…
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Steam should provide buying international titles around the globe
There’s a pretty interesting post on Steam Forums (thanks for the info Kossak) about regional versions of Steam games being released in Russia (yep, Russian only). The original poster thinks that "cheap region restricted versions should be optional, not forced". Lets expand the idea a little and say why not release games around the world…
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Dead Island – wrong build released on Steam
PC players who purchased the game on Steam are playing a very different game than Deep Silver wanted you to even see — a dev build of the game. With a game this large and this anticipated, you can bet that when it was finally released early this morning, people fired it up as soon…
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DOTA 2 winner should get 1 000 000 Euros!
DOTA 2 competition is held in Europe, Germany. Valve`s exchange rate is 1€=$1 Therefor 1st place prize should be 1.000.000€ not $1.000.000 (by rottencat) http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=24523698 If you are quick, you can see and comment it before steam hammer legion wakes up and bashes and deletes the thread.
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Steam Trading
Steam has trading in beta testing. Everyone can participate. Possible first tradeable to-be items: GTA: 4 Half-life 2: Deathmach King’s Bounty Armored Princess Left 4 Dead Max Payne Max Payne 2 Portal Portal 2 Stargate Resistance Important things: * There are no geo-restrictions.* No, you cannot trade your own bought games, only received gifts.*…
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Humble Indie Bundle 3
The Humble Indie Bundle #3 Pay what you want. If you bought these five games separately, it would cost around $50, but they’re letting you set the price!All of the games work great on Mac, Windows, and Linux.They don’t use DRM. When you buy these games, they are yours. Feel free to play them without…
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Weekend Deals (22.07.11)
Our deepest condolence to all Norwegian people. Free weekend (click to install) for Altitude, save 50% (US: $4.99 / UK: £3.49 (14% higher) / EU: 4,49€ (29% higher))Also region restricted Civilization V -66% (US: $39.41 / UK: £24.41 (1% higher) / EU: 30,91€ (13% higher) / AU: $44.91 USD (14% higher)) You can…