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Steam’s current surprise hit is on the cusp of a big sales milestone. PC Gamer reports that Stardew Valley has to date sold around 425k copies. That’s in just 12 days since its launch at the end of February. The game, which has been likened to Harvest Moon, came out …
Read More »Gears of War 4 ‘possibly’ coming to PC
The developer of the next Gears of War has not ruled out a release for the game on PC. Speaking to Game Informer, studio head at The Coalition Rod Fergusson replied with a possibly” when asked if Gears of War 4 could ever come to PC. The news comes at …
Read More »GfK and SuperData team up for combined digital and physical UK chart
Digital games tracker SuperData and physical charts specialists GfK are teaming up to produce a new UK chart. Published every month, the combined chart will count sales of console digital games, ending years of uncertainty around the performance of digital titles versus their physical counterparts. This will roll out across …
Read More »Nvidia removes GeForce drivers after serious widespread faults
Graphics specialist Nvidia has been forced to pull its most recent GPU drivers after widespread reports of serious issues with users’ machines. The problems with 364.47, which was released to coincide with The Division, were pretty serious, with some users caught in a blue screen loop that prevented them from …
Read More »Sniper Elite 4 announced, arriving this year
UK studio Rebellion has lifted the lid on the fourth instalment in the Sniper Elite series. Sniper Elite 4 will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC some time this year. The series has to date sold over 10m units worldwide. 1080p is promised on both console platforms. The …
Read More »Remedy writer ‘slightly confused’ by Quantum Break PC release criticism
A writer for developer Remedy has said that he was left a little baffled by the angry reaction to last month’s news that Quantum Break will be released for PC. Xbox boss Phil Spencer previously took to Twitter to calm the furious masses who felt that the game’s release on …
Read More »Sweeney: We must fight Microsoft’s attempt to monopolise PC gaming
Epic founder Tim Sweeney has severely criticised what he sees at Microsoft’s attempt to take control of the PC games market via its new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) standard. Windows 10 apps and games – including the upcoming Quantum Break and Forza 6: Apex, and recent release Gears of War …
Read More »Epic CEO slams Universal Windows Platform as an ’embarrassing fiasco’
‘If Microsoft does not commit to opening PC UWP up, then it can, should, must and will die,’ writes Tim Sweeney
Read More »No Man’s Sky gets release date, $150 Limited Edition
June 21st – that’s the day No Man’s Sky will finally be released, it has been confirmed. A June release date was first announced back in October. And as reports yesterday suggested, final confirmation of the exact release has at last arrived. The date applies to both the PS4 and …
Read More »Spencer: I wouldn’t say our strategy is to unify Xbox and PC
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has played down previous reports saying that Microsoft wants to bring down some of the walls between Xbox and Windows PC. Spencer said earlier this week that the company is adopting a more all-encompassing approach to its game releases, with its new Universal Windows Applications standard …
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