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The Witcher 2 digital sales breakdown: 81% through Steam

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 10, 2011 9:30am PST

Steam accounted for 81% of all The Witcher 2 digital sales in the first six months, CD Projekt has revealed by announcing its digital sales figures. GOG rung up 35% of the 240,000-odd sales, while all other platforms combined only made up 4%.

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"I am surprised it didn't have more as well. I bought it at full price at launch from GOG to ..."

- ROCKETR see all 28 comments

Rochard landing on Steam next week

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 07, 2011 2:00pm PST

Rather than faff around with long and protracted release run-ups, Recoil Games today announced simply that a PC edition of Rochard will be released next week via Steam, priced at $9.99.

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Report: Steam Users' forums hacked

By Steve Watts, Nov 07, 2011 1:15pm PST

The Steam Users' forums were reportedly hacked over the weekend, and are currently down for maintenance.

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"God damnit now I'm going to have to change my password again just out of paranoia"

- nevlos see all 17 comments

Valve boss explains Steam pricing experiments

By Steve Watts, Oct 24, 2011 8:15am PDT

Valve boss Gabe Newell explains some of the pricing experiments the company has toyed with in the last few years, and what they've learned from them.

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"In other news, LA Noire just got Nice Beach'd... was $50 US for Aussies when it hit the store at ..."

- MeestaNob see all 24 comments

Costume Quest now available on PC

By Andrew Yoon, Oct 15, 2011 7:00am PDT

Adorable Halloween-themed RPG Costume Quest is now available on Steam, and is the first PC game from Double Fine in over six years, since Psychonauts.

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"Pretty huge (and sudden) change of direction from them, really good to see."

- MeestaNob see all 8 comments

Gabe Newell laments move from open platforms

By Steve Watts, Oct 12, 2011 4:30pm PDT

Valve's Gabe Newell says the video game industry is moving away from open platforms, and thinks Apple could shake up the industry with a living room console device.

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""He doesn't support an "open" platform, he supports whatever he can do to put Steam on more ..."

- jtthe2nd see all 95 comments

Leisure Suit Larry getting HD treatment; new adventures to come

By Jeff Mattas, Oct 10, 2011 2:00pm PDT

Replay Games has announced that it is working on an HD remake of the original Leisure Suit Larry, as well as some new adventures, with series-creator Al Lowe.

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"FUCK YES. Al Lowe is the bomb. Fuck Sierra/Vivendi for dumping him and making those shitty ..."

- Donborvio see all 9 comments

Orcs Must Die! PC demo released

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 04, 2011 3:15pm PDT

A three-level PC demo has arrived for Robot Entertainment's action-y tower defense game Orcs Must Die! ahead of its release on XBLA tomorrow and PC next week.

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"I'll probably get both, also, I know Orcs Must Die! is fun (tried the demo), no idea about ..."

- aethyr see all 24 comments

Portal 2 50% off, celebrates free DLC release

By Xav de Matos, Oct 04, 2011 12:30pm PDT

To celebrate the launch of free downloadable content for Portal 2, Valve has halved the price of the puzzle title for a limited time on Steam.

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EA says market has space for Origin, Steam, and others

By Steve Watts, Oct 03, 2011 3:15pm PDT

EA executives talk about Origin's place in the market, its perceived competition with Steam, and the trend of EA games being pulled due to Steam's terms.

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"Not even. You have to add your friends into Battlelog separately from what I've seen."

- silverback1138 see all 96 comments

Survey: PSN attracting more devs than XBLA

By Andrew Yoon, Oct 03, 2011 12:15pm PDT

Is Xbox Live Arcade "past its prime"? Results of a indie developer survey shows many abandoning Microsoft's console to work on PSN, Steam and iOS.

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"Well the survey cites "ease of working with the platform owner" as being the most influential ..."

- Haxim see all 27 comments

Portal 2 'Peer Review' DLC coming October 4

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 30, 2011 12:00pm PDT

Portal 2's long-promised free DLC will be available on October 4th on PC, Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360.

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"You imply solving the extra tests will take more than a couple hours tops"

- Machinaeclipse see all 11 comments

Psychonauts now on Mac, companion app on iOS

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 29, 2011 12:45pm PDT

One of Double Fine's most beloved games, Psychonauts, is now available on the Mac. In addition, Tim Schafer's studio has released a free companion app for iOS.

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"My Steam copy is running well. Could be my imagination, but it seems a bit prettier than I ..."

- MeestaNob see all 16 comments

The Binding of Isaac hits Steam; discounted 10% until Oct. 5

By Jeff Mattas, Sep 28, 2011 4:00pm PDT

The Binding of Isaac, the roguelike RPG-shooter from Super Meat Boy co-creator Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, released exclusively on Steam today at a 10% discount.

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"Great game. Sorta a constant LoZ dungeon with top-down shooting mechanics (think a much slower ..."

- GigiLeCheshire see all 11 comments

LA Noire 'Complete Edition' coming to PC in November

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 28, 2011 8:30am PDT

Unlike PS3 and Xbox 360 players, PC owners are getting the "Complete Edition" of LA Noire. On November 8th, Team Bondi's detective thriller will be available on PC, Steam and OnLive.

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"not as a whole. i'm sure the individual members wouldn't mind getting personal checks though "

- RikiTiki2 see all 27 comments