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A lawsuit that has been bubbling for six years has ended with Sony agreeing to refund some of the purchase price for a select few who bought PS3. ArsTechnica reports that Sony has reached an agreement with lawyers representing as many as 10m PS3 owners aggrieved by Sony decision in …
Read More »Feral Interactive cancels Batman Arkham Knight for Linux and Mac
Developer to issue refunds for ports of Rocksteady’s troubled superhero swansong
Read More »System Shock Enhanced Edition dev working on modern remake
Night Dive Studios – a small studio known for restoring classic PC releases for modern computers – has revealed it’s developing a full-blown remake of the original System Shock. Speaking withFast Company, Night Dive’s founder and CEO Stephen Kick stated he is actively working with the 1994 release’s concept artist …
Read More »Galak-Z PC release lands on Steam this week
The PC release of Galak-Z: The Dimensional will arrive on Steam later this week, developer 17-Bit has announced. Valve’s distribution service – and likely other yet to be named digital shops – will carry Windows, Mac and Linux editions of the award-winning space shooter starting on Octoober 29th. The open-world …
Read More »Valve pulling Linux games from Steam that fail to meet SteamOS standards – report
Valve has removed its SteamOS icon from a batch of Linux-compatible games on Steam, which has reportedly resulted in Linux players no longer having the option to download said titles. A Gaming on Linux piece states Valve is removing the linux-based SteamOS icon from Linux releases that don’t work perfectly …
Read More »Mighty No. 9 now set to launch in February
Mighty No. 9 has received new US and worldwide release dates, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The digital version of Comcept’s Mega Man spiritual successor will launch February 9thin North America and February 12thfor other territories on PC, Mac, Linux, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Wii U. Downloadable …
Read More »Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows arrives this week
Shovel Knight is set to receive a free update packing a completely new campaign later this week, developer Yacht Club has announced. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows will have players working through an all-new” adventure starring Plague Knight, along with a new challenge mode. The content launches this Thursday, September …
Read More »GTA V, Rocket League among 2015 Steam releases exceeding 1m sales
Six Steam games released in 2015 have sold over 1m copies, while another six have exceeded the 500,000 sales mark. Based onSteam Spy’snumbers, Grand Theft Auto V for PC, Rocket League for PC, Ark: Survival Evolved, H1Z1, Cities: Skylines and Besiege have each sold in excess of 1m units on …
Read More »Unity for Linux now available as experimental build
Future support contingent on adoption and feedback
Read More »Humble introduces ‘choose your own charity’ on store purchases
Humble Bundle has updated its storefront to vastly increase the number of charities patrons can choose to support when purchasing games. A post on theHumble Mumble blogannounces the Humble Store has expanded from just five to over 35,000 charities to select from while shopping or at checkout. For those unable …
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