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Valve has announced it will be replacing its Steam Greenlight service with a new distribution system known as Steam Direct this spring. Steam Direct will completely replace Steam Greenlight, but Valve has said it will still allow Greenlight titles to be added up to two weeks before Steam Direct goes …
Read More »Overwatch fastest Blizzard franchise to reach 25m players worldwide
Overwatch has become the fastest Blizzard franchise to reach 25m players worldwide, with its Q4 monthly active users reaching a new franchise high, Activision Blizzard revealed in its Q4 financial results. Overwatch also now holds the record for the strongest launch year in terms of financial performance, beating the previous …
Read More »European Commission opens investigation into Valve over suspected anti-competitive geo-blocking practices
The European Commission has announced it will be launching an investigation into the bilateral agreements concluded between Valve and five PC game publishers over a suspected breach in EU antitrust rules. The Commission says it wants to investigate whether these companies are preventing consumers from purchasing digital content due to …
Read More »More SteamVR headsets are on the way, Valve says
Following the release of Valve’s first VR headset in 2016, the company has said that more virtual reality headsets using its Lighthouse tracking tech are in the works. In reply to a question on a Reddit AMA, Valve’s Joe Ludwig outlined progress being made in licensing the firm’s SteamVR Tracking …
Read More »Rovio announces new London studio and new IP
Angry Birds studio Rovio has announced the creation of a new development arm dedicated to massively multiplayer online games. The new team will be based in London and work on a new IP. Nothing has been revealed on this new game yet, only that it will not be set in …
Read More »Steam Spy report: 2016 saw overall spending stay at $3.3b, yet record high in game releases
5,245 games added to the service in 2016
Read More »Erotic visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind to launch on steam
Steam gets steamier
Read More »Could Nvidia’s revamped GeForce Now be the new Netflix for gaming?
Nvidia has announced its GeForce Now streaming service will be getting a complete makeover this March, coming to both Mac and PC for the first time. This potentially paves the way for lapsed PC gamers and Mac users to play the latest releases without the hassle and expense of owning …
Read More »3D eSports livestreaming platform raises $3.5m
Boom.TV has attracted investment totally $3.5m to launch a livestreaming platform that allows users to view eSports action from any angle they choose. VentureBeat reports that the tech streams a 3D construction of the game in real time. Viewers can then watch the action from whatever angle they choose. It’s …
Read More »38% of all Steam games were released this year
That’s right – on the biggest digital PC games store front in the world, over a third of its total catalogue was only released on the service in 2016. Steam Spy has revealed that so far in 2016 there have been an incredible 4,207 games released on Steam. That’s 38 …
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