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New discount and price-based filters hit Steam Wishlists
New discount and price-based filters hit Steam Wishlists
The options let players sort their lists in new ways and give them filter to automatically hide titles based on price, discount, or release type.
Feb. 15, 2018
Chat app-maker Kakao secures $130M investment for its game business
Chat app-maker Kakao secures $130M investment for its game business
The noted Chinese tech giant Tencent led the funding round, held just ahead of the game division’s planned IPO.
Feb. 15, 2018
Mafia III dev Hangar 13 hit with layoffs
Mafia III dev Hangar 13 hit with layoffs
Mafia III developer Hangar 13 has laid off a number of staff members in what its parent company describes as a move to 'ensure that the studio’s resources are properly aligned with its long-term development plans.'
Feb. 15, 2018
Road to the IGF: Hempuli Oy's Baba Is You
Road to the IGF: Hempuli Oy's Baba Is You
Baba Is You is a puzzle game of manipulating rules, one where the regulations of a given stage are blocks players can move around to change how each area is played.
Feb. 15, 2018
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: CLUNKER JUNKER
Alt.Ctrl.GDC Showcase: CLUNKER JUNKER
Your spaceship is falling apart in CLUNKER JUNKER, a game where two players have to crank tools to provide power to various parts of their constantly-breaking ship to survive.
Feb. 15, 2018
U.S. Senator calls on ESRB and FTC to review loot box practices
U.S. Senator calls on ESRB and FTC to review loot box practices
U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan has called on the ESRB and FTC to protect consumers, and children in particular, by taking a more in-depth look at loot box practices in video games.
Feb. 15, 2018
Kingdom Come: Deliverance hits 500K sales in two days
Kingdom Come: Deliverance hits 500K sales in two days
Warhorse Studios' gritty medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has sold around 500,000 copies in just two days.
Feb. 15, 2018
Starbreeze banking on The Walking Dead after posting pre-tax loss of $22.2M
Starbreeze banking on The Walking Dead after posting pre-tax loss of $22.2M
The developer-publisher, which owns Payday developer Overkill Software, expects to show negative earnings until it releases Overkill's The Walking Dead next year.
Feb. 15, 2018
Postmortem: A Courtroom Drama Game, Twelve Absent Men
Postmortem: A Courtroom Drama Game, Twelve Absent Men
This is the story of Twelve Absent Men, a courtroom drama game developed for Android and iSO. The Post-mortem looks at design features, ideas, gameplay and coding, along with various problems that came up along the way.
Feb. 15, 2018
One year in, For Honor surpasses 7.5 million players
One year in, For Honor surpasses 7.5 million players
While it is worth noting that players don't necessarily boil down to sales, Ubisoft says that the world history-inspired brawler sees at least 1 million unique players a month.
Feb. 14, 2018
Scoring emotionally complex scenes in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Scoring emotionally complex scenes in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
The composers of Middle-earth: Shadow of War's soundtrack swing by to talk about their process.
Feb. 14, 2018
Chat with the composers of Middle-earth: Shadow of War at 4PM EST!
Chat with the composers of Middle-earth: Shadow of War at 4PM EST!
We're talking to the composers of Middle-earth: Shadow of War at 4PM EST! Swing by and ask your questions in Twitch chat.
Feb. 14, 2018