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Digital Distribution Platforms Dispute Market Share, Sling Mud

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 01, 2009 2:00pm PST

A dispute between digital distribution platforms Direct2Drive and Impulse over market share has highlighted the difficulty of assessing the digital...

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"I have both Impulse and Steam, and I play games on steam more than impulse (just because of ..."

- MidnightShift650 see all 48 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead by Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age, Borderlands and Torchlight

By Chris Faylor, Nov 18, 2009 2:20pm PST

Update: According to Big Download and Blue's News, Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders were listed as Steam's second top-grossing game for the week of 11/8 -...

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"If the choice comes between Halo and Call of Duty Vs Half-Life and Galactic Civilizations then ..."

- Weewoot see all 61 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Dragon Age, Borderlands and Torchlight Top the Charts

By Chris Faylor, Nov 12, 2009 8:20am PST

Last week was a big one for PC RPGs, as BioWare's long-awaited Dragon Age: Origins dominated the sales charts of digital distribution outlets...

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"Totally deserved too. The game is fantastic quality for its price. It's the first time in a ..."

- pleasedpig see all 22 comments

Modern Warfare 2 Shunned by Several Digital Distributors Due to Steam 'Trojan Horse'

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 06, 2009 11:00am PST

Major digital distributors Direct2Drive, GamersGate and Impulse have refused to stock Infinity Ward's highly

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"Rigghhhht. They aren't selling it because of things like 'steam' inclusion, which is obviously a ..."

- vHazardous see all 209 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Aeons of Aion Ended

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 06, 2009 9:30am PDT

The PC digital sales reign of Aion has drawn to a close. The top spot on Steam last week was claimed by the newly-opened Left 4 Dead 2...

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"I'm sure they're expensive, but there's no way they cost hundreds of millions. Which developer ..."

- edgewise see all 39 comments

Shack PSA: Direct2Drive $5 Sale Ends in Gold War

By Nick Breckon, Oct 05, 2009 1:20pm PDT

The final week of digital distributor Direct2Drive's five dollar extravaganza brings a cadre of war games down to the low price point....

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"i dont even use the D2D downloader just download it manually and then install with the zip, ..."

- senor135 see all 34 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Aion Cannons Fire

By Nick Breckon, Sep 29, 2009 12:50pm PDT

NCsoft's fantasy MMO Aion once again dominated the digital PC sales arena last week. The title took the top two slots on both the Steam and...

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"I'd guess 95% of CS sales now are for people who "lost" their steam account."

- jermm see all 13 comments

Shack PSA: Direct2Drive $5 Sale Goes Indie

By Nick Breckon, Sep 28, 2009 1:20pm PDT

The fourth week of Direct2Drive's big five dollar sale sees a number of indie games brought down from their already-cheapened price points....

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"I picked it up and I have to say, it's fun but I am totally freaking lost as to what to do."

- CampinCarl16 see all 28 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Aion Tops the Charts Prior to Launch

By Nick Breckon, Sep 22, 2009 12:00pm PDT

NCsoft's latest MMO Aion topped both the Steam and Direct2Drive sales charts leading up to the game's North American launch today. Cryptic's...

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"It's one of PC gaming strengths right now. Take MMO's away PC gaming loses a leg."

- YummiGummi see all 37 comments

Direct2Drive $5 Sale Continues: Assassin's Creed, Neverwinter Nights 2, GTA: Vice City

By Nick Breckon, Sep 21, 2009 1:40pm PDT

The big five dollar sale going on at Direct2Drive has entered its third week, bringing a fresh helping of discounted RPGs, MMOs and Assassin's...

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"I was downloading nwn2 soz the other night. I was maxing out my connection at ~1mb/s"

- mobab see all 59 comments

Star Wars Jedi Knight Games Arrive on Steam, LucasArts Bundles Now Available

By Chris Faylor, Sep 16, 2009 12:37pm PDT

As promised, LucasArts today re-released the entirety of its Star Wars-based shooting and saber-swinging Jedi Knight series through digital...

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"I remember playing this as a kid and never actually getting past that stupid sewer level :( haha"

- shizzam8 see all 105 comments

Weekly PC Sales: MMOs and Star Wars Reign

By Chris Faylor, Sep 15, 2009 9:10am PDT

The digital re-release of BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was obviously quite popular, just not quite enough to topple the...

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"I wouldn't doubt this. I call BS on L4D constanty being the spot 2/3/4 for the last 6 months"

- spaceyme see all 10 comments

Dark Forces Pack Hitting Steam, D2D on Wednesday

By Nick Breckon, Sep 14, 2009 4:02pm PDT

LucasArts' catalog of Dark Forces/Jedi Knight action titles will be available to buy on Steam and Direct2Drive starting this Wednesday, the company...

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"That's true, Harrison Bergeron. Hopefully they disable fast computers and larger monitors and ..."

- jet-poop see all 54 comments

Shack PSA: Direct2Drive Sale Continues as Riddick, BioShock Cut to $5

By Nick Breckon, Sep 14, 2009 1:50pm PDT

Digital distributor Direct2Drive's anniversary sale is moving on to its second week, bringing a new slate of action titles marked down to $5...

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"so which games are available worldwide? \no Riddick and no Saints Row 2 for me : <"

- azuvatar see all 81 comments

Shack PSA: Direct2Drive Anniversary Sale Sees 50 Games Slashed to $5

By Nick Breckon, Sep 10, 2009 12:14pm PDT

To mark its 5th anniversary, digital distributor Direct2Drive is offering 50 games for only $5 apiece over the next five weeks. The first...

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"Never mind. North america only...arg. Not again. Best offers on D2D and Impulse is almost always ..."

- Regim see all 29 comments