Earlier this year, Valve decided to axe Steam Greenlight, and made the move to its new publishing service Steam Direct. With the new system in place, Valve now required developers to pay a fee to publish their games on the Steam platform, in addition to verifying their company status. At the time, Valve had not yet decided on what to [...]
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Xbox fans will be excited to see what Microsoft has in store for them with their latest addition to the Xbox platform — the newly launched Xbox Game Pass. The Xbox Game Pass, which went live for Xbox Live Gold users earlier today, is a monthly game subscription service that allows players unlimited access to a rotating catalogue of games. [...]
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As Destiny 2 PC announced its upcoming launch on Battle.net, news travels fast and takes an unexpected turn on the World of Warcraft gold market — the real-world value of the WoW in-game currency has taken a sharp downward turn in light of Destiny 2's latest announcement. Blizzard has only recently allowed players the ability to convert WoW Tokens into [...]
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Overwatch is turning one year older, and everyone is invited to the party. With over $1B in revenue and 30 million registered players around the world, big boy Overwatch is celebrating yet another milestone — its first anniversary coming up on May 24th this week. Blizzard is rolling out the red carpet for its golden goose, and fans can drop [...]
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Blizzard is welcoming another game to the Battle.net family, and the game is none other than this year's highly anticipated first-person shooter Destiny 2. Developed by Bungie but published by Blizzard's sister company Activision, Destiny 2 marks itself as the first non-Blizzard game to release on the Battle.net platform. A recent Blizzard news post details the decision to launch Destiny [...]
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Fans will be happy to hear that Legend of Zelda is likely to be the next Nintendo franchise to see a mobile adaptation. After the success of Fire Emblem Heroes and Mario Run, it would only be a matter of time before Zelda would see its own mobile game. While Animal Crossing has allegedly been set to release later this [...]
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Chinese tech giant Tencent is investing $90M in Pocket Gems, the studio behind the fast-growing success of War Dragons, a 3D mobile game which revolves around realtime strategy and PvP play. Having already invested an initial $60M for 20% of Pocket Gems, this current investment of $90M pushes Tencent's ownership of the mobile studio to 38%. Pocket Gems is now [...]
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The upcoming aRPG Dauntless is excited to welcome players to the game's newly revealed city of Ramsgate. Described as a somewhat cold and desolate place, "Ramsgate is [Dauntless's] furthest settlement and best endeavor to make a beachhead into behemoth territory". The world of Dauntless is untamed, uncharted, and unforgiving. Many enterprising explorers set out to find new land for settlement, [...]
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If you happen to be a fan of both Neverwinter and Razer products, you will be the one lucky fan who is happy to hear that you can now be "paid-to-play" Neverwinter. Sounds too good to be true? By installing and running Razer's very own Razer Cortex platform while you play, you can now earn 3 zSilver for every minute [...]
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With its upcoming 4.8 patch, Hi-rez Studios is bringing the Joy of Ganking to Smite with a new Bob Ross bundle. The bundle unlocks a new Sylvanus skin, transforming him into the beloved painter. The new skin comes equipped with Bob Ross's signature 'fro, as well as his handy brush and palette combo and an array of paint to finesse [...]
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