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Free-to-play FPS Warface is seemingly doing the business for Crytek in Russia. The studio has announced that the game has now reached 5m registered players in the territory. The news comes in the same week as the shooter received the Best Online Game accolade in Russia’s Runet Awards. Reaching the …
Read More »Sega shares strategies for Steam success
LGC12: Steam is 'an incredible growth platform', says John Clark
Read More »343 seeks MMO developers for work on Halo 4 and new project
Microsoft has posted a pair of job listings in search of developers to join 343 industries for future Halo endeavors. Spotted by Gamespot, the two software engineer listings are specifically seeking out those qualified for building the next generation of backend services to power Halo 4 and our new game …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 11-17
Valve has revealed the top ten sellers on Steam for the week ahead of Black Friday’s promotions. Call of Duty: Black Ops II leapt to first, as its launch in the middle of the week no doubt boosted the title after making an impact a week earlier with pre-orders. Assassin’s …
Read More »Slender Man game Faceless blocked from release on Steam
Valve has initially blocked a Slender-style game from Steam Greenlight due to copyright concerns. Faceless, a title initially known as Slender: Source, was submitted to Valve’s crowd-driven service by developer Justin Ross. It has been one of the most voted games since Greenlight was launched. The game is inspired by …
Read More »Have your Minecraft world made into a real-life model
Minecraft fans now have the chance to have their most impressive digital creations recreated in the real-world. Owned by former Microsoft exec Ed Fries, FigurePrints specialises in making models based on in-game creations. It already offers a World of Warcraft and Xbox Live avatar service (although the latter is being …
Read More »Crysis struggles to break even as dev ponders free-to-play switch
It’s one of the biggest triple-A franchises in gaming – so it might surprise you to learn that Crysis is struggling to break even. I’m not talking about being greedy and we want more sales. But effectively Crysis 1 and 2 and 3 are just about breaking even. If we …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: November 4-10
Valve has revealed the past week’s top sellers on Steam, with Football Manager 2013 finishing on top for the second week in a row. The sports sim fended off some tough competition including pre-orders Black Ops 2 and Assassin’s Creed III – which finished second and fourth respectively. Greenlight pick …
Read More »Star Wars: The Old Republic’s free-to-play switch dated
EA has announced that BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will become free-to-play in all territories on November 15th. The F2P system will allow players to experience all of the class storylines through to the current level cap – level 50. Existing subscribers will be boosted with free Cartel …
Read More »Bohemia clamps down on ‘Bounty’ DayZ gambling mod
Bohemia Interactive has instructed developers of a DayZ ‘gambling’ mod to cease work on the title as it claims it undermines the original experience. As reported byVG247, the unofficial mod, called DayZ Bounty, charges users between $5 to $20 to play, and rewards players with real money for kills. ArmA …
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