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Valve appears to be quietly testing a new feature on Steam with the introduction of a Playtest function, which may replace the need for Beta keys on the platform.

"I'm just so saddened by the greed Valve is showing"

In a unique approach to gauging interest and testing, Bossa are giving Decksplash away for a limited time. Product manager, Ricardo Rego, tells us why

Yo-Yo Games 2D engine comes to Mac for the first time

It was the surprise hit of late 2013, but DayZ still, remarkably, remains in alpha on Steam Early Access. That’s all about to change, however, with the game’s next patch preparing to take the game into beta. The still PC-only DayZ shifted nearly 1m units and made over 20m in …

Over 6.8m players took part in the open beta for Ghost Recon Wildlands. That’s a record high for the company, overtaking the 6m people who participated in the For Honor beta earlier this month. Across the game’s various beta phases, some 6.83m players took part, with over 34m hours played. …

Key features include beta support and publishing to Chinese marketplace

Ubisoft is rolling out a closed beta for its brand new combat IP For Honor at the end of the month. The test will take place between January 26th and January 29th, and is for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Those interested in taking part can sign up here. …

The recent open beta for DICE’s upcoming Battlefield 1 has broken EA records. The studio has revealed that the game was played by 13.2m people, making it the biggest in the publisher’s history. That also beats the numbers boasted by Blizzard’s record-breaker Overwatch (9.7m) and Ubisoft’s The Division (6.4m), as …

Other additions include Mono C# compiler upgrade, default WebGL 2.0 support and improvements to 2D physics and texture importer