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DayZ To Remain in Alpha Stage Until 2018

Bohemia Interactive, the developers behind DayZ, an open world zombie survival game that came into being following the success of the ARMA 2 mod of the same name, recently announced that it would not…

December 4, 2017 | 10:30 EST

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State of the Game: 13/11/2017 to 19/11/2017

Today on this week's State of the Game we'll be taking a look at the statistics for all the games released on Steam between the 13th and 19th of November this year. Last week was a stellar week and,…

December 4, 2017 | 08:37 EST

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Civilization VI Rise and Fall Expansion Announced

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, is the first expansion for the latest title in the Civilization series, and will be available for Windows PC on February 8th, 2018. The new expansion…

November 28, 2017 | 06:00 EST

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State of the Game: 06/11/2017 to 12/11/2017

Today on State of the Game we'll be taking a look at some stats for Steam games that released between the 6th and 12th of November this year. It's another bumper crop of big releases and the top…

November 28, 2017 | 10:05 EST

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Nioh PC Port Getting Mouse Support After All

Despite it being a PC port, Nioh: Complete Edition recently launched on the Steam with absolutely no mouse support. While most gamers prefer to play these games with a controller, the lack of mouse…

November 27, 2017 | 12:59 EST

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[Updated] Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Announced, Coming Soon

Update: Beamdog's livestream has now concluded giving us a bit more information about their upcoming remaster. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition will be available for pre-order on the Beamdog…

November 21, 2017 | 03:36 EST

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State of the Game: 30/10/2017 to 05/11/2017

Welcome to the State of the Game! In this post, we'll be taking a look at some stats for all the games released on Steam between the 30th of October and the 5th of November this year. Looking at the…

November 20, 2017 | 09:20 EST

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Call Of Duty: WWII Delays Microtransaction Launch

Delaying microtransactions is now a thing that publishers do. In a tweet, Activision announced that the premium currency system for Call of Duty: WWII is postponed until November 21st. These…

November 17, 2017 | 04:44 EST

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Open World FPS Gunhead Warps Onto Steam in 2018

If you have been paying attention to the roguelike sphere in 2017, you'll have at least heard of Cryptark. It's a side-scrolling twin stick shooter set in space with tight gameplay and a sweet synth…

November 17, 2017 | 01:51 EST

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Marvel Heroes Is Being Shut Down By Disney

Disney/Marvel announced today via e-mail that the company is ending its relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, the studio behind Marvel Heroes. In the e-mail, a Marvel representative states:…

November 15, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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Call of Duty: WWII Hands Out Double XP By Accident

The latest game in the long-running Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: WW2, released a few weeks ago on November 3rd. Since then, anyone playing the online portion of the game has unknowingly…

November 15, 2017 | 04:27 EST

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State of the Game: 23/10/2017 to 29/10/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be covering some interesting stats for all the Steam releases from the 23rd to the 29th of October this year. This week brought us another rare…

November 14, 2017 | 04:00 EST

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Dodgeball Rising Bounces Onto Steam Early Access December 14th

Dodgeball Rising, a dodgeball game set in Edo-era Japan developed by Asakusa Studios and published by Happinet, will be entering Steam Early Access on December 14, 2017, according to the publisher.…

November 11, 2017 | 02:00 EST

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TransRoad: USA Trucking Management Simulation Available On Steam

TransRoad: USA, a trucking company management game developed by Deck13 Hamburg and published by Astragon Entertainment GmbH, is now available on Steam according to a Facebook post from the developers…

November 9, 2017 | 01:30 EST

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State of the Game: 16/10/2017 to 22/10/2017

This week in State of the Game we'll be taking a look at some stats for all the games released on Steam between the 16th and 22nd of October this year. Whilst on raw terms the high level stats are…

November 6, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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State of the Game: 09/10/2017 to 15/10/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be covering all the games released on Steam between the 9th and 15th of October this year. Continuing the roller-coaster of up and down weeks…

October 30, 2017 | 09:38 EDT

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Steam Digital Gift Cards Are Now Available

Sale Hunters and Gift Givers rejoice: Steam Digital Gift Cards are now available according to a news post on the official Steam Blog. Physical gift cards have been available for Valve's digital…

October 28, 2017 | 08:00 EDT

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Take a Quick Tour of the Steam Curator Update

Valve's promised curation update has reached a beta stage, with a select few getting early access to test the new tools and make sure nothing falls through the cracks. This system is targeted at…

October 26, 2017 | 02:00 EDT

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State of the Game: 02/10/2017 to 08/10/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be taking at the Steam releases between the 2nd and 8th of October this year. After the stellar week of releases last week it was inevitable that…

October 23, 2017 | 12:02 EDT

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Choose Your Role in Medieval Times in Life Is Feudal: MMO Open Beta This November

Ever wanted to run around in a medieval landscape with your mates, chopping up fools, starting villages, and generally behaving like a Bad Lads Medieval Holiday? If so, you're a bit strange, and your…

October 20, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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Dungeon Crawl in Edo Era Japan in Hyakki Castle on November 15th

Hyakki Castle, a Dungeon RPG inspired Japanese literature and art, will release on November 15th for Steam on Windows PC, publisher Happinet has announced. The title - which features a unique 2-party…

October 19, 2017 | 10:00 EDT

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State of the Game: 25/09/2017 to 01/10/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game. Today we'll be covering games released on Steam between the 25th of September and the 1st of October this year. In terms of sheer volume, no week comes close…

October 16, 2017 | 09:33 EDT

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NIS America Apologizes for Ys VIII's Localization, Promises Free Update

NIS America's President and CEO, Takuro Yamashita has officially apologized for the poor quality of Ys VIII's localization. The bulk of the official statement posted on NIS America's blog reads as…

October 13, 2017 | 05:44 EDT

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State of the Game: 18/09/2017 to 24/09/2017

Today on State of the Game we'll be taking a look at all the games released on Steam between the 18th and 24th of September this year. It was a little quieter this week with most of the top level…

October 9, 2017 | 03:35 EDT

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Announced

Street Fighter V is getting an Arcade Edition upgrade. Revealed on PlayStation.Blog, the patch will release worldwide on January 16th, 2018. It will be free for all current players. Arcade Edition …

October 5, 2017 | 02:13 EDT

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Nioh: Complete Edition Announced for PC

Koei Tecmo announced that Nioh: Complete Edition is coming to PC in a press release. The acclaimed (soon to be former) PlayStation 4 exclusive will release on Steam with all of its DLC content on…

October 2, 2017 | 11:57 EDT

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State of the Game: 11/09/2017 to 17/09/2017

Welcome to another State of the Game! This week we'll be covering the week of releases from the 11th to the 17th of September this year. After the massive dip of last week, we've had a bumper week…

October 2, 2017 | 10:35 EDT

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State of the Game: 04/09/2017 to 10/09/2017

Welcome to this week's (belated) State of the Game! Today we'll be looking at some statistics for games released on Steam between the 4th and 10th of September this year. Overall this week is a bit…

September 29, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Pyre Update Bring New Game Plus, Extended Soundtrack

Supergiant Games announced that a new update for Pyre is out today for free on PC, and is scheduled to come out soon on PlayStation 4. The update, called the True Nightwing update, will bring a new…

September 28, 2017 | 05:10 EDT

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[Correction] Fake Games Removed: Valve Fights Back

Correction: This article was originally published with wording indicating that multiple developers were behind the games removed by Valve. It is instead the case that Zonitron Productions produced…

September 26, 2017 | 07:40 EDT

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SteamVR Home Updates With Boxing Ring & Other Features

SteamVR Home has updated and added a boxing ring, trophies, new furniture, and a number of other new features according to a news post on Steam. Serving as a sort of launchpad for Steam's virtual…

September 25, 2017 | 11:40 EDT

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Hellmut: The Badass from Hell Announced For Fall 2017 Release

Roguelike news out of Slovakia, where new publishing label Grindstone have formed and announced their first project via a short teaser trailer. Described as a "gun-toting, roguelike dungeon crawler…

September 21, 2017 | 06:00 EDT

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Steam Inventory Helper Update Asks Permission to Read and Change Data on Any Website You Visit

Steam Inventory Helper is a pretty common browser extension that many people install to help them manage their Steam inventory and make it easier to put items up for sale/buy things in a more timely…

September 20, 2017 | 10:05 EDT

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Fortnite Battle Royale Goes Free for Everyone on September 26th

Epic Games survival shooter game Fortnite Battle Royale is going free to play for everyone starting September 26th, not long after it was initially added to the base game. The major hook for Fortnite…

September 20, 2017 | 03:00 EDT

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Valve Adds Histograms to Steam Reviews to Combat Review Bombing

Valve has added histograms to Steam reviews in order to combat review bombing according to a post on the Steam blog. A histogram is simply a type of a bar graph that shows the distribution of samples…

September 19, 2017 | 06:58 EDT

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Square Enix Reveals Survival Shooter "Left Alive"

Left Alive is a brand new IP just revealed by Square Enix that is coming both to the PlayStation 4 and Steam sometime during 2018. The game was revealed with a trailer during a PlayStation conference…

September 19, 2017 | 12:37 EDT

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VR App Postity Spams Friends Lists on Steam

If you have a friend sporting a Vive, you might have received an invitation to something called Postity. That's a shortened version of the full title, which is Postity - VR Enthusiast community -…

September 18, 2017 | 07:06 EDT

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State of the Game: 28/08/2017 to 03/09/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be covering the Steam releases between the 28th of August and the 3rd of September this year. This week has been an incredible one with over 280…

September 18, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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Auto Age: Standoff Rolls Out September 21

Have you been wondering where vehicle combat games have gone (other than to a special GTA Online mode)? Do you like the vibrant colors and style of 80s and early 90s cartoons? Then you may want to…

September 16, 2017 | 03:06 EDT

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Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics Now On Steam Early Access

Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics is a turn-based strategy card game as an offshoot of the popular MOBA SMITE is now available on Steam as an early access title. The announcement comes just after a new…

September 13, 2017 | 10:00 EDT

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State of the Game: 21/08/2017 to 27/08/2017

Today on State of the Game we'll be taking a look at some statistics for all the games released on Steam between the 21st and 27th of August this year. After a couple quieter weeks, some with notable…

September 11, 2017 | 01:12 EDT

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[Updated]Steam Blocked in Malaysia due to Fight of the Gods

Update: Valve has gotten back to us on the situation with Fight of the Gods and their Doug Lombardi has said the following: "Right now players in Malaysia can access the games they own on Steam…

September 8, 2017 | 01:35 EDT

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LawBreakers Bringing Team Deathmatch and New Map in September

LawBreakers, the low gravity arena FPS from Boss Key Productions that I liked quite a bit, has been having some trouble finding its footing during its launch period. Steam player counts have steadily…

September 7, 2017 | 10:20 EDT

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Workshop and Multiplayer Support Added to Star Wars: Empire At War

Yesterday, Disney, the owner Petroglyph Games, who were the developers behind Star Wars: Empire at War, announced that multiplayer support has been re-enabled, with Steamworks Mod Support also being…

September 4, 2017 | 05:51 EDT

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State of the Game: 14/08/2017 to 20/08/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be covering some statistics for all the games released on Steam between the 14th and 20th of August this year. Whilst the number of releases was…

September 4, 2017 | 04:53 EDT

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Steam Keys Can Now Be Activated Outside Of The Client

Product codes for games (and other products such as films, software, and the like) on Steam can now be activated outside of the client as reported by Steam Database's Twitter. Although Valve's…

August 30, 2017 | 02:23 EDT

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State of the Game: 07/07/2017 to 13/08/2017

Welcome to this week's State of the Game! Today we'll be covering the games released on Steam between the 7th and 13th of August this year. The ramp of the last few weeks has cooled down a bit this…

August 28, 2017 | 10:00 EDT

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Brink Goes Free on Steam, "Why Not?" Says Pete Hines

This past Tuesday, Bethesda flipped the free to play switch on Brink, their 2011 collaboration with Splash Damage. This team based FPS failed to find an audience in its day, peaking at only just over…

August 27, 2017 | 10:17 EDT