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The 2015 Steam Winter Sale is live with deals on nearly 10k games
The rumors were true — the 2015 Steam Winter Sale has officially begun, and the Steam Store is offering huge discounts on nearly 10,000 games both new and old, making this a great time to buy digital gifts for your friends. The sale runs from today until 10 a.m. PST on January 4. This year’s Winter Sale ...
HTC delayed Vive release because of a “very big technological breakthrough”
Whether it was an unexpected turn of events or a planned marketing ploy, HTC has revealed that it made the decision to postpone the launch of the Vive virtual reality headset it has been developing with Valve Corp due to “a very, very big technological breakthrough.” Vive was originally slated for release by the end of the year, but HTC ...
“Esports is being contorted right from birth” by Google and Amazon, says Azubu CEO
Livestreaming site Azubu still has a long way to go before it can challenge Twitch or YouTube for their domination of the game streaming market, but company CEO Ian Sharpe is not shy about criticizing the way the Amazon and Google owned platforms are shaping the industry. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Sharpe talked about Azubu’s ...
Fallout 4 addict files lawsuit blaming Bethesda for ruining his life
It is one thing to lose a weekend or two binge-playing epic games like Bethesda Game Studio’s Fallout 4, but one man lost a little more than that thanks to his addiction to the studio’s hugely successful post-apocalyptic shooter. A 28-year-old man from Siberia says he lost both his wife and his job after a three-week ...
Valve sued by French consumer protection group over Steam policies
PC gamers rejoiced earlier this year when Valve Corp announced that it would be implementing a new refund policy that would allow Steam users to return any game within 14 days of purchase (or release, in the case of a pre-order) as long as they had not played it for more than two hours. While ...
CastAR pledges to return $1M to its Kickstarter backers
A pile of money can’t always solve everything (sometimes you need several piles), and that is a lesson that many successful Kickstarter campaigns have learned the hard way, including Technical Illusions, the creators of an augmented reality device called castAR. The original crowdfunding campaign for castAR successfully raised over $1 million in November 2013, after which Technical ...
Tencent now fully owns ‘League of Legends’ dev Riot Games
Chinese company Tencent Holdings Ltd may not be a household name for gamers the same way as Electronic Arts Inc or Activision Blizzard Inc, but in recent years it has carved out a major chunk of the gaming industry for itself, with stakes in companies like Unreal Engine creator Epic Games and League of Legends developer Riot Games. Tencent ...
Steam Winter Sale date leaked, will start December 22
Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday, the sale we all actually care about is nearly here. According to a list of holiday deals on Paypal, the Steam Winter Sale will supposedly be arriving next week on December 22. This year’s sale will be a bit different than it has been in the past. Previously, Steam would ...
Sony Computer Entertainment boss expects devs to take more risks with new game IPs
When the top games of the year are a never ending stream of sequels, prequels, remakes and reboots, it can be easy to assume that major game studios are going to keep playing it safe to rake in the easy money, but Sony Computer Entertainment President and CEO Andrew House says that developers may be ...
Congressman narrowly avoids legal trouble over League of Legends video
Colorado representative Jared Polis’ vocal support of Riot Games’ League of Legends nearly got him into some serious trouble with the House Ethics Committee, but this week the regulatory body declared that Polis has been officially cleared of any wrongdoing. The investigation into Polis’ affiliation with League of Legends began earlier this year after he appeared in ...
