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Steam users can now request and receive a refund for any reason, providing it’s been less than 14 days since the customer made the purchase but only if they spent less than two hours in the game. According to the updated refund policy, a full refund will be offered on the game as well as any DLC or pre-purchased items as long as the core game wasn’t played for over the two hours mark. ...read more
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Prepare for permadeath. XCOM 2, the sequel to 2012's wonderfully rich strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown, is due to hit PC in November. XCOM 2 comes from publisher 2K and developer Firaxis Games, the very same team behind Enemy Unknown. They've been teasing a big announcement with a website for the Advent Administration, a futuristic government that advertises gene therapies and other technologies ...read more
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Yes, those rumors of Lego building a direct competitor to Minecraft were true: meet Lego Worlds. The sandbox game has launched on Windows through Steam's Early Access program for $17, and promises to do more than just let you sculpt buildings and fight off critters. You can alter the terrain on a large scale, and access ready-made drivable vehicles (including dragons) to get around the ...read more
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Twitch will no longer allow “Adult Only” rated games on their streaming service, following an update to their rules of conduct. AO ratings come from the US-governed ESRB, which has included games such as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Manhunt 2. However, streamers are still able to play ESRB Mature-rated versions of Adult Only games, without fearing any sort of penalty. Twitch made ...read more
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To celebrate the release of Minecraft Realms, Mojang are giving away a whopping 12,000 trial keys this weekend. Every hour, from 11am UTC on Saturday, to 11am UTC on Sunday, 500 keys will be doled out randomly to Minecrafters. The only thing need to do is to boot up the game, and click the “Minecraft Realms” option, and see if you’re a winner. Minecraft Realms is a paid for service where ...read more
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One Grand Theft Auto V player took it upon himself to fix one of Rockstar's sprawling action-adventure video game's most glaring omissions: being able to cause all sorts of mayhem with a grappling hook. Now, you can finally tether a train to a truck and see what happens, or just run around town, swinging from building to building just like Spider-Man. The new mod introduces the grappling ...read more
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Mojang has released another security patch for Minecraft updating the game to version 1.8.5. A previous security update was released in April bringing the game to version 1.8.4. It was released after a vulnerability was found which allowed users to remotely crash servers. The update fixed reported security issues along with bug fixes such as issues with invalid beacon effects, better ...read more
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H1Z1 had quite a lot of cheaters, judging by the number of players who got banned this week. Daybreak president John Smedley and his staff are on a campaign to end cheating in H1Z1, as well as the sites that provide said cheats. Smedley announced yesterday that the developer has banned 24,837 accounts from the game. Smedley named one site that’s known to the H1Z1 community as a cheat ...read more
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Playing the campaign of GTA 5 takes you to a number of indoor locations that don’t become accessible afterwards. Unless you use mods of course. GTA 5 Open All Interiors mod is a handy tool created by NewTheft. As the name suggests, the mod opens up previously sealed off areas for you to explore. There are 32 interiors in total. Some of them were featured in single-player missions, others ...read more
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A few months after topping 9 million concurrent users online, Valve’s online gaming platform Steam has broken the record again. On May 10th during the early afternoon, PST there were more than 9.5 million users logged into the PC service at the same time. You can check out the Steam Stats page which currently reveals a mind-boggling 7,950,851 users online currently. As usual, Valve’s Dota ...read more
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