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New system designed to prevent score inflating impacting sales for smaller and indie studios
Read More »Some games see huge userscore swings after Steam changes
One game saw its user review score change from a very decent 88 to a far less inspiring 14 following Valve’s changes to the user review system on Steam yesterday. The new rules mean that customers who have obtained a game by redeeming a key as opposed to buying directly …
Read More »Steam revamps ratings system to prevent devs inflating scores
Reviews based on redeemed game keys can no longer carry review scores
Read More »Steam reviews tightened to omit ratings from redeemed games
Customers who have obtained a game by redeeming a key as opposed to buying directly through Steam will no longer be able to attribute a score to their reviews. The move is designed to quash the danger of developers artificially inflating their review scores by handing out keys to players …
Read More »Studio Wildcard sparks player complaints over paid Ark: Survival Evolved DLC
Member of studio’s QA team apologises after accusing critic of being ‘too cheap to pony up 20 dollars for a game worth 60’
Read More »VR momentum slows dramatically on Steam
Only 0.18 per cent of Steam users own HTC Vive, 0.10 per cent own Oculus Rift
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved paid DLC rustles feathers
Early Access title Ark: Survival Evolved is currently bearing the brunt of a player backlash after developer Studio Wildcard announced plans for the game’s first premium expansion. The game arrived in Early Access in June 2015, where it remains. Despite being officially pre-release, however, the developer has in the meantime …
Read More »BT is suing Valve
A patent dispute has ended up with BT taking Steam owner Valve to court. Kotaku reports that the lawsuit argues that Steam offers a broad range of products and services which incorporate technologies invented by BT” that include inter alia, Valve’s Steam Library, Valve’s Steam Chat, Valve’s Steam Messaging, and …
Read More »Arcen Games pulls new PC title and refunds all sales after a week of Early Access
Founder Chris Park frankly admits that In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor ‘sold very poorly’ and release was planned ‘as a market survey of sorts’
Read More »Arcen refunds title from Steam after just three days
In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor was released on Steam earlier last week, but already buyers have been refunded and the game switched to free-to-play. Developer Arcen has had a tough time of late, being forced to layoff staff after previous release Starward Rogue sold below expectations. Now Release Raptor …
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