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Tom Clancy’s The Division will have a closed beta on January 28th for the Xbox One and January 29th for PS4 and PC but there’s been a ton of information revealed about the game in the past few days. The newest major detail is the beta’s size, at least on PC. According to a user on Reddit, who posted a screenshot from UPlay, the beta is 26.25 GB on PC. The size is pretty close to the Xbox ...read more
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The graphics options for The Division offer plenty of customisation and tweaking for PC players. Last week at a press event Ubisoft went into detail on its forthcoming online shooter. The PC version, developed in association with Red Storm, is not a port, and will feature an unlockable frame rate. Over the weekend a new video emerged of the PC version of the game being played on low ...read more
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EA has announced new service for PC gamers similar to EA Access on Xbox One. It’s called Origin Access and those who sign up will get 15 total games at launch. Here’s a list of games being added to the Vault at launch:
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Well, this might, just might, be changing if a purported customer-retailer email exchange - published by Reddit user Immortan_Joe9 - is to be believed. The supposed correspondence involves UK games retailer FunStock Digital whereby a representative is quoted saying in relation to The Division: “The closed beta starts on the 29th January. We will be receiving and distributing the keys in the ...read more
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Tom Clancy is back for another go round at the Humble Weekly Bundle, giving you another chance to snaffle a huge pile of Ubisoft’s espionage and counter-terrorism adventures. Really though – the beta code for The Division is the headliner, innit. Pay what you want over $1 to grab the original Rainbow Six, Rainbow Six 3 Gold with Raven Shield and Athena Sword, Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter ...read more
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Pirates at the infamous Chinese hacking forum 3DM are complaining that recent PC games are simply too darn hard to crack, according to Torrent Freak. The problem is apparently Denuvo, a copy protection scheme that prevents tampering of the underlying DRM. Two recent games that use the scheme, FIFA 16 and Just Cause 3, have still not been cracked, despite appearing in early December. Based on the ...read more
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The market for paid games on Steam is estimated have been worth $3.5B last year. Steam Spy, the independent sales and stats tracker, has revealed some interesting data about the number of copies sold as well as revenue 2015 Steam games have made. Steam Spy’s latest report reveals that paid games market, which doesn’t include free-to-play or DLCs, was worth $3.5 billion. A total number ...read more
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Square Enix has finally confirmed the PC release date for Rise of the Tomb Raider, and has announced a Collector’s Edition as well. The game will be released on both Windows 10 and Steam with 4K resolution support on January 28. A digital download version will be made available through Steam, the Windows Store, Amazon and the Square Enix e-store. A physical version will be released at ...read more
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Valve has said it will terminate its relationship with individuals who are found to “demonstrate a willingness” to sully the integrity of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive eSports scene. According to a post on the official CS:GO blog, Valve stated the it will “take whatever action necessary” to protect the integrity and “entertainment value” of professional matches.
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Yesterday, Steam averaged a peak of over 12 million concurrent users. At roughly 8pm GMT, on Sunday, January 3, the number of concurrent users on Steam reached 12,332,504 – a new record for the PC’s foremost digital marketplace. This is the highest so far for Steam, which broke the 10M record in June of last year. The record number was achieved in the last day of Steam’s big winter ...read more
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