It’s here, folks. Valve has launched its annual year-end holiday sale, offering deep discounts across its entire Steam catalog. Like previous sales, each day will highlight an assortment of time-limited deals. Today, Metro 2033, Singularity, Portal 2, Bunch of Heroes, Just Cause 2, Fable III, and Max Payne are among the wallet-tempting daily deals. Additionally, Valve has put together a […]
Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media announced today that Skyrim is enjoying brisk sales at retail, generating $650 million in sales since its November 11 debut. To date, 10 million copies have been shipped across PC, Xbox 360, and PS3. The company made it a point to highlight the success of the PC version. In North America, the PC release of Skyrim […]
It’s a bit of a slow news day today, so here’s a look at a crazy jet crash in Battlefield 3 on the new map pack, Back to Karkand. The new update is now available for download on consoles and PC and is free for those who bought new copies of the game and 15 bucks for everyone else.
Just as many PC faithful had begun to lose hope, developer Remedy made the surprise announcement today that its physiological thriller Alan Wake is receiving a belated release on PC in 2012. It’ll include both downloadable content scenarios, The Signal and The Writer. This comes mere days after the announcement of Alan Wake: American Nightmare, which is an XBLA exclusive affair for […]
Humble Bundle 4 has gone live, presenting what is quite possibly the most inciting selection of indie titles yet. Like previous bundles, you set your own price, divvying up the funds to your choosing — from developers to charity. You can also top that off with a tip for the Humble Bundle organizers. This time around, Humble Bundle is throwing […]
Once digital-only, Flying Wild Hog’s frantic old-school FPS Hard Reset is receiving the retail treatment, with an Extended Edition due to hit UK shelves in 2012. Still a PC exclusive, the effort will be published by Kalypso Media, featuring five new levels that add around two hours of gameplay over the original. Backed by an updated graphics engine, also promised are four new […]
Half-Life 3 t-shirt sighting aside, more convincing evidence has surfaced suggesting the title is in development — and fairly far along at that. Official Xbox Magazine reports that a US-based voice actor recently recorded lines for Half-Life Episode 3. While it’s been rumored that Valve had planned to drop the episodic approach for awhile now, it’s possible that Valve still refers […]
GSC Game World, developer of the well-received STALKER series for PC, has reportedly closed. 1c Ukraine’s Sergey Galenkin reports that the team has been “almost completely dissolved,” with only a few people left remaining. The account further states that GSC failed to secure publishing agreements on the console side. Coupled with the high-cost and low initial return of developing exclusively […]
The award-winning indie action RPG Bastion is now fully playable in your web browser. Developer Supergiant Games announced today the immediate availability of Bastion on Google’s Chrome Web Store. The title leverages Google’s Native Client technology to run entirely from within Chrome. It’s the full Bastion experience inside a browser. Nifty. For those that would like to give it a test run, […]
Just in time for the holidays, we’ve teamed up with Perfect World to give away closed beta keys to its promising new action MMORPG War of the Immortals. Completely free-to-play, the title features epic scale battles backed by highly-interactive, destructible environments. The Diablo-esque gameplay offers depth through eight distinct classes, each with attributes that mesh well with a variety of play styles. […]
Ubisoft has no plans to bring its survival-adventure I Am Alive to PC. Why? Creative director Stanislas Mettra revealed in a recent interview with IncGamers that the cost of releasing a PC port isn’t the worth the payoff, since “few people are paying for PC games.” Further, Mettra gave an example, saying that it’d be difficult to break even with […]
As part of a limited pre-order campaign, Rockstar has announced a Max Payne 3 Special Edition package. While the pricing may initially seem steep at $100, it’s filled to the brim with collectible content. That extra $40 over the standard edition will go a long way. Here’s a run-down of what’s included:
According to a job listing on Sega’s official site, the house of Sonic is working on ‘reimaging a beloved IP.’ The qualifications call for 8+ years of game production experience, in addition to having shipped at least one triple-A title. In addition, candidates must have a “proven track record of producing original software products (ideally more mass market entertainment software) from start […]
Always a proponent of building connected services around its games, Valve says that five years from now, ‘games as a service’ will be viewed as a baseline for successful productions. “It certainly won’t be a buzzword like it is now. It will simply be the baseline of all the best and most successful video games,” Valve business development boss Jason Holtman told […]
Update: Activision has stepped in to clarify its earlier statement that put the fate of Elite on PC in question. The company is still committed to bringing the Elite experience to PC – it’s just a matter of timing. “We misspoke. Our goal has always been to provide a free PC offering for ELITE. Stay tuned for an update as […]
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim might just be the most popular PC title to grace Steam — ever. The concurrent player count, as of today, peaked at an impressive 231,593. We’ve never seen it reach that high. The closest contender is probably Portal 2, which peaked at just over 90K in release week. This is a significant achievement, and makes us […]
Sony Computer Entertainment is busy ramping up support for its cross-platform framework PlayStation Store in November, announcing an closed beta test open exclusively to developers. Entry into the closed beta test is limited, with sign-ups now accepted on Sony’s official site. Subject to license agreement, developers will receive an early version of the PS Suite SDK (software development kit), along […]
Despite allegedly achieving lower piracy rates through use of its often criticized, always-on DRM scheme, publisher Ubisoft has decided not to use it with the upcoming PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations according to an RPS report. Instead, players will be prompted for a single online activation at first launch, often a standard practice. Afterwards, the title will be accessible offline indefinitely. We […]
Those holding out for the enhanced PC version of Batman: Arkham City will have to wait it out a little bit longer. Warner Bros. has confirmed that the title has been pushed back a week, now scheduled to hit North America on November 22. France and Australia will get it November 24 and November 23 respectively, with a November 25 date penciled […]
As promised last week, Rockstar Games has released the first trailer for the next iteration in the GTA franchise: Grand Theft Auto V. The trailer gives very few details but serves up a lot of atmosphere and emotion. The setting seems to be very L.A. much like San Andreas but this time around, as indicated in several scenes, the city’s […]