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Steam Greenlight will be abolished within the next year, according to Curve Studios design director Jonathan Biddle. The developer claimed onTwitterhe had spoken to Valve at GDC, which told him the community voting service would be "gone within 12 months". Valve boss Gabe Newell has previously said Greenlight would be …
Read More »GAME begins selling Battle.net gift cards
UK retailer GAME has added to its already extensive digital cards offer with the introduction of Battle.net credit. Sold in denominations of 15, the credit can be redeemed via Blizzard’s online games service for titles such as Starcraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. Bringing Battle.net gift cards …
Read More »MGSV: Ground Zeroes PSN price is Sony led, designed to be competitive with High Street
This is a brave new world for games retail. Gamers have become accustomed to paying more for digital titles, despite the fact that logic should dictate that a digital product – which is free of material, logistics and distribution costs – should retail for less. But that may no longer …
Read More »MGS5: Ground Zeroes appears to have had its price cut on PS4
Those looking to download Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on PS4 have received a nice surprise this morning. Having previously been announced at 29.99 digitally for both PS4 and Xbox One, the game can currently be had on PSN for just 24.99. Videogamer says the Xbox One version is …
Read More »GameSessions brings PC game rentals to retail
Former PlayStation Europe boss Chris Deering last night fronted the official unveiling of a new games retail service at GDC. It’s called GameSessions and it hopes to place cards into retail that consumers purchase to acquire rental rights for PC titles. These physical cards allow retailers to benefit from the …
Read More »Codemasters and Namco Bandai extend distribution deal
Namco Bandai will continue distributing Codemasters games throughout 2014. The deal, which is an extension of the existing agreement, covers only Codemasters titles for 2014 released both physically and digitally in Europe, North America and South America. The sale of titles on Steam and certain other digital retailers is not …
Read More »GOG scraps regional pricing plans
Titles purchased from Good Old Games will cost the same no matter where you are in the world when you purchase them. That’s the message from GOG after the digital retailer announced that it is to abandon previously announced plans to vary the pricing of its titles in different regions. …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes delayed in Australia and New Zealand
Gamers in Australia and New Zealand will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on Metal Gear’s next-gen debut. NZGamer has received confirmation from Konami that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has been held up by a week, meaning it won’t arrive in the region until …
Read More »Hit puzzler Threes arrives on Android
Having become one of the most discussed games this month on iOS, Threes has now arrived on Android. It works by seeing players combine 1 and 2 numbered cards into a single 3 card. These can then be combined together to form a 6 and the 6s to make a …
Read More »‘Valve is letting developers be the shopkeeper’
UK developers have hailed Steam’s decision to let them hold their own sales. Creators can now introduce custom discounts to their games on the PC download platform, schedule future sales and even opt in for the Steam’s week-long sales. And developer Garry Newman of Facepunch Studios has played down concerns …
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