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E3 2012: Dead Island Riptide announced

Deep Silver has announced Dead Island Riptide, a new entry following up on the publisher’s zombie horror title. Though not appearing to be a true sequel to Dead Island, Riptide will be its own standalone affair. The game is currently in development by Techland for consoles and PC, beyond that …

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E3 2012: OnLive claims "millions" of users, 100% uptime since launch

OnLive has claimed that it has millions of subscribers worldwide”, but has once again decided not to reveal the number of gamers paying to use its service. OnLive went live at E3 2010 with just 19 games in its library on only PCs and Macs over Ethernet,” an official statement …

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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition coming to Steam

Namco Bandai has announced the PC version of Dark Souls will be sold through Steam. The news comes on the heels of vigorous protesting by fans following an initial announcement that only mentioned Games for Windows Live as far as PC integration and vending. According to Eurogamer, the digital distributed …

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Jagex closes 8Realms, job losses incoming

Jagex is closing its MMO 8Realms after little more than a year since the game’s closed beta was released. Develop understands that as a result of the closure, a number of Jagex staff are to lose their jobs, while others will have their positions moved within the company. Jagex has …

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38 Studios pays $1.125m to Rhode Island, Copernicus due in June 2013

38 Studios has successfully made a $1.125m payment to the state of Rhode Island. The news comes after reports that the MMO developer’s collapse could cost state tax payers $112m, and word from Joystiq that the studio couldn’t make payroll or pay the state. Governor Lincoln Chafee announced that the …

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Steam top ten sellers chart: May 6-12

Valve has revealed the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior. The PC release of Modern Warfare 3 Collection 1 made quite a splash despite arriving tardy to the console versions. The DLC pack grabbed the runner-up spot, being beaten out only by Portal 2 bolstered by a …

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