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The Steam Community Now Live

By Chris Remo, Aug 06, 2007 5:28pm PDT

After a brief delay, Valve has opened up the beta for The Steam Community, its online Steam-integrated social and gaming service. To take part in...

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"that's strange, i'm glad i've never experienced them. Somehow i won't be surprised if they ..."

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BlizzCon 07: Opening Ceremony Live Blog (Concluded)

By Nick Breckon, Aug 03, 2007 10:50am PDT

Shackews editor Nick Breckon reports directly from the opening ceremony of BlizzCon 2007.

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""A few discernible boos" ... ok ... so how many people were cheering? Was it like 5 people ..."

- johnhead see all 20 comments

Steam Community to Enter Beta This Week (Updated)

By Nick Breckon, Aug 02, 2007 11:45am PDT

Update: According to Valve's official developer site, the beta for The Steam Community was planned to launch today but has received a slight delay....

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"Ah got me curious and had to go look it up again (haven't played for a while) # userid name ..."

- PvtWaldo see all 32 comments

Mythic Founder to Helm Bethesda Parent Company's MMO Subsidiary

By Chris Remo, Aug 01, 2007 1:23pm PDT

With its Bethesda Softworks division a star performer in the large-scale single-player RPG segment, ZeniMax Media is looking towards the lucrative...

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"A universe based on deep history and incredibly detailed environments and a focus on individual ..."

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GameTap, Codemasters Team Up

By Chris Faylor, Aug 01, 2007 10:01am PDT

GameTap and Codemasters today announced a multi-year agreement that will see Codemasters PC titles appear exclusively on the Turner Broadcasting...

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"Fairly cheap monthly fee, and a shitload of excellent games to download and play. It's a bit ..."

- Orange Pylon see all 7 comments

Heroes of Might & Magic V Expansion Preview

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 27, 2007 5:28am PDT

More from IGN where they also have a Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East preview. The article offers hands-on impressions of this fantasy...

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Depths of Peril Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 27, 2007 5:10am PDT

Over at GameZone you can find a Depths of Peril Q&A, asking Steven Peeler of Soldak Entertainment about his company's upcoming action RPG.

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Thursday Demo Theatre

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 26, 2007 1:20pm PDT

Here is this week's list of demos added to FileShack. Hopefully we'll see some more triple A action before too long. Anderson & the Legacy of...

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"Anyone tried the Cthulhu demo? There was one very positive comment about it on amazon.co.uk, ..."

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Pirates of the Burning Sea Q&A

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 25, 2007 10:02am PDT

A Pirates of the Burning Sea Q&A can be found at FiringSquad this afternoon. Russell Williams of Flying Lab Software is asked about development...

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DiRT 1.2 Patch Released

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 23, 2007 5:59am PDT

Codemasters has released a new DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road patch, updating this rally game to v1.2. The update fixes a save game problem, and...

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Steam Community Launching This Month

By Chris Remo, Jul 20, 2007 8:40pm PDT

Valve has confirmed that the Steam Community, the studio's social networking and online multiplayer extensions for its popular game download...

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"It's not compulsory... in the game properties choose "don't keep this game updated" or whatever ..."

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Thursday Demo Theatre

By Steve Gibson, Jul 19, 2007 1:13pm PDT

So now that the E3 rush is over it, we can expect to see a few demos coming out over the next few weeks. Here is what has hit FileShack recently:...

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"ok, that's what I thought. Before I tried and it said it was Mercury only, now it works for me ..."

- Sebasti0n see all 6 comments

BioWare Licenses More MMO Tech

By Chris Remo, Jul 19, 2007 11:55am PDT

Veteran RPG developer BioWare has licensed Perpetual Entertainment's online game platform for use in its Austin studio's upcoming MMO.

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"...their 3rd license technology... I'm just curious how all this works together since 2/3 of ..."

- CaesarsGhost see all 5 comments

Ubisoft's FarCry Sequel Confirmed

By Nick Breckon, Jul 19, 2007 10:19am PDT

Confirming earlier rumors based on leaked information, Ubisoft today launched the official site for their sequel to the open-world PC shooter FarCry.

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"That level made me quit the game for over a year, then when I replayed it I STILL got stuck at ..."

- AgentPothead see all 36 comments

THQ Steams it Up

By Chris Remo, Jul 17, 2007 2:38pm PDT

As the latest in a long list of publishers joining up with Steam, THQ has announced that it too plans to add its titles to Valve's popular PC game...

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"The retail version is going to be stand alone so I see no reason it wouldn't be compatible."

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