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Updated Steam Controller adds an analog stick
Ah, there it is. A new version of Valve's Steam Controller includes an analog stick on the left-hand side, replacing a series of four directional buttons previously in its place. The new controller design still has two circular track pads, four lettered buttons, bumpers and triggers, among other features included in previous iterations. The new design shows up in the latest Steam client beta, ...read more
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Yogscast: $100k Missing, Artist paid $35k for 2 weeks "work"
Stories of financial woe from failed Kickstarter Yogventures show just how they managed to lose half a million dollars. If you're scratching your head wondering how a company manages to blow through that much cash and still come up empty, some stores of financial woe, such as an artist who was paid $35,000 for two weeks of "work" (in which he produced nothing), may help explain it. Kris ...read more
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Yogventures Kickstarter project axed
Popular YouTube network Yogscast has confirmed that Kickstarter-funded sandbox game Yogventures has been cancelled. The project raised $570,000 during its 2012 Kickstarter campaign and subsequently went into development at indie studio Winterkewl Games. Originally planned for release in 2013, the project is no longer due to see the light of day. Winterkewl is in danger of going out of ...read more
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Minecraft PC and Mac sales top 16 million
Sales of the PC and Mac versions of Minecraft have surpassed 16 million copies, according to the game's official site. The figure is up from up from 15 million copies in April and 14 million copies in February. Minecraft Pocket Edition sales surpassed 21 million units in April, while 12 million copies of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition had been sold as of February. Digital Minecraft PS3 sales ...read more
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Kinect 2.0 for Windows costs half as much as an Xbox One
According to the blurb, "the Kinect for Windows v2 sensor gives developers more of the precision, responsiveness, and intuitive capabilities they need to develop interactive voice- and gesture-based applications for the Windows desktop and Windows Store. The v2 sensor is intended for use with the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK) 2.0." Alas, "Kinect for Windows v2 sensor does ...read more
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Kinect 2.0 finds a home on PC July 15
The Kinect 2.0 may have split from the Xbox One, but it will be ready to find new love with PC partners soon. A Microsoft Store listing highlights a July 15 release date for the Xbox logo-less, PC-compatible 3D camera, meaning we can put Xbox head Phil Spencer's belief that people will still buy the Kinect to the test as soon as next week. The PC version of the Kinect 2 boasts a price tag of a ...read more
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Steam Passes 8 Million Concurrent Users
If you were to check out Steam’s statistics page, you’d find a real surprise waiting: Steam has finally surpassed 8 million concurrent users as of today The record breaking amount of users does make sense, as today happens to also be the final day of the Steam Summer sale. For comparison’s sake, here’s the chart for Steam’s active user base shown at Dev Days in January of this year:
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Steam Summer Sale Day Seven Adds Resident Evil 4, Left 4 Dead 2 & More
Today’s Steam Summer Sale has some great titles on sale for Action Adventure fans as well a Strategy and Simulation fans. You can buy titles such as Resident Evil 4 for 40% and Left 4 Dead 2 for 75% off. For gamers that are into more strategy may want to try out Total War: Rome II which is 66% off or Sid Meier’s Civilization and Europa Universalis IV which are now both 75% off.
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Origin offers free limited access to games, starting with Titanfall
Titanfall will be free to download and play for 48 hours this weekend as part of Origin's new Game Time service. Unlike Steam's Free Weekend program, Origin is making select games free for a set period of time that starts once you begin playing. Just to note, that's real-time rather than game time, so the free mech-mashing ends after 48 of your Earth hours. EA also says progress during free ...read more
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Battlefield Hardline's PC beta now available 'instantly'
PC owners are now able to gain "instant access" to the beta version of Battlefield Hardline just by signing up on the game's official site. The beta phase arrived earlier this month on PC and PS4, but sign-ups were previously on a first-come, first-serve basis. Those that were previously on the outside of the "Police Line, Do Not Cross" tape now have free reign to live out their policing ...read more
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