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An internal email sent to EB Games staff in Australia has suggested that Warner will not re-release a fixed version of Batman Arkham Knight on PC until the autumn. As previously advised we have stopped sales of Batman: Arkham Knight PC while Warner and Rocksteady work on addressing performance issues …
Read More »Satellite Reign is leaving Early Access next month
The spiritual successor to Syndicate is on target for a full release in August. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter in the summer of 2013 and then hit Steam Early Access late last year. It will be released in full on August 28th. We’re pleased to announce that Satellite …
Read More »Valve’s Vive VR headset going on world tour
Tech to appear at events across USA and Europe, including Gamescom next month
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: July 5-11
Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved is once again perched on top of Steam’s top ten sellers weekly chart. No surprise, the game surpassed 1m sales during the period. Grand Theft Auto V and newcomer Rocket League finished behind in second and third, respectively. Elite: Dangerous jumped up to fourth …
Read More »The effects of a Steam free weekend promotion on Fractured Space
Here at Edge Case Games, we took our paid Early Access title and made it free, for keeps, for a long weekend. Here we look at the impact this unusual promotion had on our game and our studio
Read More »Project Ascension aims to combine Steam, Uplay, Origin and more into a single service
The number of third-party games platforms on PC has become somewhat of a running joke among gamers, as each big publisher attempts to battle Valve’s Steam with their own service. There’s EA’s Origin, Ubisoft’s Uplay, GOG.com’s Galaxy and Blizzard’s Battle.net, to name but a handful. While some games are available …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved hits 1m Early Access sales
The success story that is Ark: Survival Evolved continues to stomp all over the digital market. Studio Wildcard’s title has been getting a lot of attention from streamers, helping it to hit the sales milestone in a little over a month on the market. It was previously announced that the …
Read More »Steam top ten: June 28 – July 4
Ark: Survival Evolved continues its dominance of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, beating out GTA V again during the past week. The two titles have been cemented in their respective positions on the list for more than a month now, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt …
Read More »Steam hardware early release stock sold out
Valve has announced the ‘get it early’ stock for its upcoming batch of Steam hardware releases is sold out. Pre-ordering to receive the Alienware Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Link on October 16th is now closed, though pre-ordering for the official launch date of November 10th has begun in …
Read More »Valve has stopped reimbursing Steam in-game item scam victims
Steam users who are scammed into fake item trades will no longer be reimbursed by Valve, the company has said. The reason? That they really should know better, the company argues. We provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions,” …
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