Ubisoft fall PC lineup returns to Steam
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It appears Ubigate is now over as Ubisoft's fall PC lineup of games has returned to Steam. Let's just hope they stick around this time around.
READ MORE >GOG introduces 30-day refunds for wonky games
As delightful as digital distribution is, you're less likely to get your money back if a game's wonky than you would be with a physical disc. That old DRM-free rogue GOG has upped its customer-friendly practices with a new money-back guarantee, letting customers get a refund...
READ MORE >"If onlyther etailers, like gamefly, would do the same. If X-Rebirth has taught us anything, ..."
see all 4 commentsGOG adds free Bullfrog expansions
It was delightful enough that GOG managed to drag some of the beloved Bullfrog's classic games out of mothballs and make them available again, but now it's dug up expansion packs too. And GOG being the happy friendly folks that they are, they've added them for free. The good...
READ MORE >"what Jonathan responded I didn't know that any body can profit $4634 in one month on the ..."
see all 6 commentsSecond Life dev buys digital distributor Desura
In its ongoing missions to be known as anything other than "the company that made the game for unconventional virtual reality cybersex," Second Life developer Linden Lab has bought digital distribution platform Desura. It may not be a huge name, but the site is awfully popul...
READ MORE >"On the one hand, Linden Labs can't seem to leave a good thing well enough alone, at least when ..."
see all 4 commentsOrigin Mac client now available
Origin seems to have few fans fighting in its corner, but surely everyone can be glad that the Mac is being taken more seriously as a gaming platform. Electronic Arts today launched the Mac client for its digital distribution platform with 45 Mac titles from EA and other pub...
READ MORE >"Are the old C&C titles among the Mac ones? I really want Red Alert 2 on the Mac."
see all 11 commentsOrigin client adding Twitch livestreaming
Origin has done little to distinguish itself from other digital distributors, beyond hosting fewer sales and being required for newer EA games, but it's finally getting a feature the competition hasn't had for yonks. A coming patch will bring built-in livestreaming through T...
READ MORE >"you know you dont have to wait for that. Just cancel the cloud sync."
see all 13 commentsSteam Greenlight adds $100 submission fee
Steam Greenlight was flooded with hundreds of games, including countless hoax and illicit entries, within hours of launching last Thursday, which apparently makes it quite difficult to fulfil its purpose of filtering Steam store submissions. To bring the volume down and ward...
READ MORE >"Solution to problem: give the $100 back on successful submission to Steam with Greenlight. So ..."
see all 60 commentsOrigin client 9.0 revamps UI
The Origin client was in a sorry state when EA relaunched its digital distribution platform, but it has improved slowly. Thirteen months later, version 9.0 of the client is coming, and what can we expect from this revision? User interface changes, mostly.
READ MORE >"sooooo.....because Valve does it better, Valve should be the only one doing it?"
see all 40 commentsSteam coming to Linux with Left 4 Dead 2
Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there.
READ MORE >"Of course, the only downside of this is that we'll have rogue Linux copies of Civ IV and GTAIII ..."
see all 14 commentsOrigin boss: Steam sales 'cheapen intellectual property'
The head of EA's digital distribution platform Origin has spoken against offering big discounts, as Steam does, because it "cheapens your intellectual property."
READ MORE >"This is a month ago I know, but today EA have a Midweek madness sale on where Red Alert 3 is ..."
see all 169 commentsOrigin offers free 90-day distribution for crowd-funded games
Origin is offering to waive the first 90 days of distribution fees for any crowd-funded project, EA announced today.
READ MORE >"it's probably on a per-game basis. I imagine some devs probably get better deals than others ..."
see all 47 commentsThe Witcher 2 digital sales breakdown: 81% through Steam
Steam accounted for 81% of all The Witcher 2 digital sales in the first six months, CD Projekt has revealed by announcing its digital sales figures. GOG rung up 35% of the 240,000-odd sales, while all other platforms combined only made up 4%.
READ MORE >"I am surprised it didn't have more as well. I bought it at full price at launch from GOG to ..."
see all 28 commentsIndie Royale launches biweekly 'pay what you want' bundles
The Humble Indie Bundle popularized the 'pay what you want' model for indie games. Now, new site Indie Royale is running with it. Every two weeks, Indie Royale will launch a 'pay what you want' bundle of four indie games.
READ MORE >"Just a slight heads up - they tweaked their offer on the Sanctum DLC. Two will be available ..."
see all 10 commentsKids 2 to 14 buy one fifth their entertainment media digitally
A new NPD Group study finds kids ages 2 to 14 spend $0.21 on digital content out of every dollar's worth of entertainment they buy today.
READ MORE >"they don't. this was a survey. An online survey was fielded August 1 - August 19, 2011, to a ..."
see all 5 commentsGameFly to launch digital client for PC games
GameFly plans to make a dramatic entry this coming holiday into the digital market for PC games.
READ MORE >"Which is why I always keep that in mind before purchasing something on Steam. I ask myself: is ..."
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"Fuck I just drunk-preordered the gold edition on XB1 kinda by accident. "
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