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Steam delivers free weekend for Saints Row 4, Company of Heroes 2
Sega's military strategy game Company of Heroes 2 and Volition's open-world fever dream simulator Saints Row 4 are next in line to get the Free Steam Weekend treatment. Both games are free to download and play via Steam starting today and extending through Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Company of Heroes 2 additionally drops its price by 66 percent over the weekend, while Saints Row 4 is ...read more
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DayZ standalone sells over one million in four weeks
DayZ just got another healthy influx of folks who will eventually be shot for a can of beans. The player count for the Early Access standalone version has surpassed one million, Bohemia Interactive CEO and co-founder Marek Španěl announced. In DayZ, players fight to survive on a zombie-infested island. Perhaps more dangerous than the undead are other players, however, who may kidnap you and ...read more
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SimCity to update with much-requested offline mode
An upcoming free update for SimCity will implement the much-requested offline single-player mode, the game's developer has confirmed. In a new blog entry posted on the official SimCity website, Maxis general manager Patrick Buechner confirmed the new offline mode will be released "soon". "When we launch [the update], all of your previously downloaded content will be available to you ...read more
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DayZ sales have passed 800,000 in under one month
DayZ sales have already passed Bohemia Interactive’s “very ambitious” plans for the survival horror sandbox. Writing on Reddit, creator Dean “Rocket” Hall said he would have considered 250,000 sales in three months a success. “So to move nearly 800,000 in under a month is crazy,” he said, revealing the latest sales figures. The new milestone follows several others; DayZ ...read more
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World of Warcraft add-on trojan steals account, authenticator info
Fake version of Curse Client responsible for compromised accounts A Trojan masquerading as a popular add-on for World of Warcraft was responsible for compromising user accounts even with authenticators, Blizzard revealed today. According to a post on the MMORPG's support forum, a fake version of the Curse Client contained the trojan. The spoofed client appeared on a forged version of ...read more
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No mods for Titanfall on PC, studio to 'evaluate' after launch
Titanfall on PC will not support mods or offer any map editor tools to players at launch. Respawn Entertainment co-founder Vince Zampella confirmed as much on Twitter, though he did say that the studio "will have to evaluate after launch." Former Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella were dismissed by Activision in early 2010, spurring a lengthy legal battle between the duo and ...read more
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DayZ alpha sells over 400,000 on Steam
Over 400,000 copies of the standalone version of DayZ were purchased on Steam, developer Bohemia Interactive has revealed. Although the game has not yet been officially released, an alpha version of Dean Hall's Arma 2 mod turned standalone title is available through Steam Early Access. Posting on the official DayZ tumblr, Bohemia reported the game's first week performance, stating that ...read more
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Save on Battlefield 4, FIFA 14, Need for Speed on Origin
Origin has kicked off its End of Year Sale, chipping away at prices on some of Electronic Arts' biggest PC games. You can grab Battlefield 4 for $42, Need for Speed: Rivals for $35, SimCity for $24, FIFA 14 for $28 and Dead Space 3 for $18. If you don't need your games to be quite as fresh, you'll find better deals on older EA games. Battlefield 3, The Sims 3 and Mass Effect 3 are each a paltry ...read more
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Free 'Left 4 Dead 2' offer causes new record in Steam concurrent users
On Wednesday, Valve gave Steam users an unexpected Christmas gift when it offered its 2009 zombie co-op shooter "Left 4 Dead 2" for free for 24 hours. That free offer has come and gone but the after effects are still being felt online with a new surge of online players for the game. According to the Steam online stats page, the number of concurrent users for "Left 4 Dead 2" reached a peak of ...read more
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Left 4 Dead 2 is yours free, for a limited time
Valve is getting into the holiday spirit, announcing today on the official Left 4 Dead blog that the second game in the zombie-killing series is available for free for a limited time. "[Left 4 Dead 2] will be free as in, grab it now, pay no money, and it is yours to keep forever – for free!" the post reads. To claim the gift, and keep it in your Steam library forever, "all you need to do is ...read more
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