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PhantomL0rd outed as owner of CSGOShuffle and for also rigging bets
Although there are many gambling sites centred around in-game items and skins from Steam games it was CSGO Lotto that hit the headlines recently when two prominent YouTubers 'Syndicate' and 'tmartn' started advertising it while pretending they’d merely stumbled up on it by accident – when in fact they were the owners. It has now come to light via Richard Lewis that popular Twitch streamer ...read more
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Phil Spencer Says Microsoft Is Not Converting Xbox One Owners To PC
In spite of the confusion surrounding the initiative thanks to Microsoft’s recent backtracking, Xbox Play Anywhere remains an ambitious initiative, and it is a far more thorough attempt to bridge the divide between PC and console gaming than any we have gotten so far. But Microsoft dislikes the idea that they are attempting to fuse the PC and Xbox platforms together into one, or any such ...read more
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Twitch pulls the plug on CS:GO gambling broadcasts
In a welcome move earlier today, Valve made its position clear regarding the use of Steam's in-game item trading functionality, and its use by CS:GO weapon skin gambling sites. Basically, the company confirmed that it's not permitted, writing that the use of "the OpenID API and making the same web calls as Steam users to run a gambling business is not allowed by our API nor our user ...read more
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Evolve Stage 2 Attracts 1 Million New Players Since Relaunch
Turtle Rock Studios’ Evolve: Stage 2, a relaunch of the original asymmetrical multiplayer title in a free to play format, has attracted its fair share of attention in the past week. It was noted on Twitter the game attracted one million new players since releasing on PC. To celebrate this fact, players can claim Griffin’s Blood Eagle Hunter skin completely for free if you login to Evolve: ...read more
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The original Splinter Cell is now free on PC
As part of Ubisoft’s celebrations of its 30th anniversary, the publisher promised to make a game from its back catalogue free for an entire month, for seven months. The first game to be part of this promo was 2003’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. That’s gone now, and the original Splinter Cell has replaced it. This offer is only valid on PC, and you’ll need to have a Ubisoft ...read more
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Valve to crack down on Counter-strike: Global Offensive gambling
The Steam API is being used to power potentially illegal gambling, and Valve is not amused. Well, it’s finally happened: Valve has spoken up on the Counter-strike: Global Offensive gambling scandal. In a public statement, the Steam developer distanced itself from third-party gambling sites. “We’d like to clarify that we have no business relationships with any of these sites. We ...read more
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Evolve’s FTP player count increases by 25,000 percent
Evolve’s FTP player count increases by 25,000 percent Love or hate it, you can’t deny Evolve has seen some hard times recently. After marketing a genuinely promising 4-vs-1 multiplayer mode with powerful monsters, Evolve’s player base quickly dropped until it reached a mere 157 per day. But after all this time, maybe all Evolve needed was a free-to-play model that didn’t shackle ...read more
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'Team Fortress 2' adding competitive multiplayer mode
A big change is coming to a longtime favorite in the form of Team Fortress 2's competitive matchmaking mode. The Meet Your Match update, which has yet to secure release date just yet, has finally, officially been announced. The update, which Valve conducted beta testing for earlier this year, will add a ranked competitive mode to the game in addition to quickplay matchmaking with opportunities ...read more
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Evolve Stage 2 is now free-to-play
Evolve Stage 2 is now free-to-play As promised, Turtle Rock Studios has re-released Evolve on Steam as the free-to-play Evolve Stage 2. While the game is technically in a beta state, it includes significant portions of content from the paid edition – including 7 Hunters, 24 Monsters, and a ton of perks. Turtle Rock Studios also provided new details on its new Founders program. In short, ...read more
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TmarTn takes down his own apology for YouTube skin betting disclosures
Trevor “TmarTn” Martin’s legal team has stated there will be no more public comments on the matter. TmarTn takes down his own apology for YouTube skin betting disclosures Things aren’t looking great for Trevor “TmarTn” Martin right now. After news broke that he and Tom “ProSyndicate” Cassell owned the skin betting site they were promoting, he’s facing the real possibility ...read more
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