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It’s finally here. In the US, anyway. One of the most hyped and anticipated games of recent times releases on PS4 in the US today (August 9th). It arrives in the UK tomorrow (August 10th). But PC gamers will have to wait a few more days for their fix. After …
Read More »Valve will now stop banned players from trading games on Steam
Update to Valve Anti-Cheat and Game Ban system means that cheating users will no longer be able to dodge bans by gifting titles to new accounts
Read More »Early No Man’s Sky players face progress wipe
There are plenty of No Man’s Sky copies already out in the wild, but those who already have the game should think twice before putting in a serious number of hours. Hello Games has confirmed that a huge patch will go live for the game on launch day – which …
Read More »It sounds like Platinum is porting Vanquish to PC
Platinum’s apparent ever growing fondness of PC may see one of its most popular titles ported to the platform. Speaking to Kotaku, co-founder Atsushi Inaba was asked about the possibility of a PC release for 2010 console shooter Vanquish. The response? If you stop recording, I can talk about that.” …
Read More »Batman stumbles on PC once again
The Dark Knight has suffered another rocky PC launch. After last year’s turbulent release, removal and re-release of Warner’s Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, Telltale’s new episodic Batman game has also struggled out of the blocks, with users complaining of slugging framerates and graphical glitches. The studio has already released …
Read More »Salt and Sanctuary creator calls for better player treatment of devs to avoid ‘toxic industry’
‘I've seen attitudes go from 95 per cent supportive/five per cent meh to 50 per cent supportive/50 per cent angry, impatient, and downright hurtful,’ laments Ska Studios founder James Silva
Read More »Sweeney thinks Microsoft is planning to slowly break Steam
Microsoft’s plan to close off the open PC market will manifest itself in a slow and gradual attack on Steam, Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney believes. Sweeney already stands as the most outspoken critic of Windows 10 and Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform. Now PC Gamer reports that he has told Edge …
Read More »Tiny delay for No Man’s Sky on PC
No Man’s Sky won’t quite launch day and date on PC and PS4. The game’s website has confirmed that the PC version of the space adventure will arrive on August 12th. That’s a couple of days after the European release on August 10th and three days after the August 9th …
Read More »Xbox Play Anywhere: All devs need to know
Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton and director of program management for Xbox Mike Ybarra answer the big questions about how devs can get their games running across Xbox One and PC
Read More »CD Projekt Red urges more devs to support cross-platform multiplayer
‘At the end of the day, this is for the players, isn't it?’ says CEO Marcin Iwi?ski
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