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Hot on the heels of our confirmation that EA is planning to increase PC game prices in India, the country’s biggest games retailer, Flipkart, has raised prices of forthcoming non-EA games. Ubisoft titles Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Splinter Cell: Blacklist are all now listed at Rs …
Read More »Minecraft moves 11m units on PC
Indie megahit Minecraft has surpassed 11m sales on the game’s original platform. Games Industry reports that Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson took to twitter last night to announce the news on the PC/Mac/Linux version. "Minecraft has now sold 11m copies on PC/Mac/Linux! That’s more than the number of atoms in …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: June 16-22
Relic’s strategy sequel Company of Heroes 2 jumps to the top of Steam’s top ten sellers list ahead of its launch on the platform this week. The game shares the top spot with the Legendary Edition of Skyrim, while Dead Island Riptide and the original title’s Game of the Year …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed IV PC arriving late to the launch party
Ubisoft has revealed that the PC version of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will arrive a few weeks” after the game’s launch on consoles. GameSpot reports on a video interview where Ubisoft game director Ashraf Ismail confirms that PC gamers will have to wait a bit deeper into the holiday …
Read More »The Walking Dead ‘400 Days’ discovered in Steam database
It appears Telltale Games has more content up its sleeve for The Walking Dead prior to the award-winning adventure game’s highly-anticipated second season. IGN reports that an update for the game on Steam’s database lists ‘Walking Dead 400 Days DLC’ beneath both PC and Mac classifications. The content was mentioned …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 19-25
Borderlands 2 tops the latest Steam top ten charts for the second week in a row, with Metro: Last Light maintaining the runner-up position behind Gearbox’s hit sequel. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing debuted in fourth, while god game Reus moved up two spots from last week to sixth. …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: May 12-18
Bordelands 2 is out in front of this week’s Steam top sellers list, thanks to the release of new DLC and a deep discount promotion over the weekend. New release Metro: Last Light maintains last week’s runner-up position for the second week running; while XCOM: Enemy Unknown jumped back onto …
Read More »Valve introduces Steam Trading Cards
Valve has announced the beta launch of its Steam Trading Cards program, allowing users of the digital PC games service to earn and use game-specific virtual cards to gain discounts on games and profile flair. The beta launch line-up includes Valve titles Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, …
Read More »Report: PC gaming software sales hit $20bn in 2012
The global PC gaming software market ballooned to $20bn last year, according to a new report by industry research group DFC Intelligence. The report (via Shacknews) was commissioned by the PC Gaming Alliance, which also announced the results. The organization includes both AMD and Intel. The $20bn figure marks an …
Read More »Incredipede launch day sales on Steam surpass previous four months
Indie developer Northway Games has revealed its IGF-nominated title Incredipede sold more copies in its first 24 hours on Steam, than the previous four months of independent sales combined. Speaking with Joystiq, Colin and Sarah Northway spoke on the sobering moments after the game’s launch on their website. "There were …
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