Steam for Linux Beta Opens To All
Valve have now opened up the Steam for Linux beta to all! To participate, download the client here.
The Humble Indie Bundle 7
The Humble Indie Bundle 7 is now out; pay what you want, support charity, and get a bundle of indie games!
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THQ Files for Bankruptcy
As reported by gameranx.com, THQ has now filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11.
All studios remain open, with projects still in development at this time to continue as planned.
Chapter 11 is a chapter of the United States’ Bankruptcy Code, and is used to permit reorganisation, rather than liquidation which is normally governed by Chapter 7.
The War Z Pulled From Steam!
Kotaku have just reported that Hammerpoint Interactive’s controversial zombie survival MMO The War Z has now been pulled from Steam, with Valve calling the release “a mistake”. The product page remains in place, though the game can no longer be purchased.
This follows widespread reports of misleading claims about the game content, forum censorship and unfair bans, and the War Z development team’s rude and condescending remarks about paying customers. Our round-up of the War Z problems can be found over here.
Those who now wish to seek a refund through Steam can now do so by creating a ticket.
First Few Minutes of BioShock Infinite!
Irrational Games have released a video showing the first few minutes of BioShock Infinite!
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The War Z Farce
The War Z launched on Steam yesterday, and is unfortunately the current top seller on the platform.
‘Unfortunately’, because the game is blatantly unfinished, and the developers’ all-round attitude and behaviour has been an utter disgrace. (more…)
A Day on the Couch: ZombiU and Hotlinking
Yesterday was all planned out.. I wanted to get on with some Minion Master, get slapped about some more in Dark Souls, and follow that up with these Blender tutorials. However, my PC had other ideas: hanging on the GRUB loader, giving Error 22 and pretending to have a failed HDD. I say pretending, because it turned out later that the drive was fine.. the PC was just trying to boot from the wrong drive.
So, off to the couch.. and another few hours of trying to survive in ZombiU! (more…)
Dead or Alive 5 – Downloadable Santa Suits!
Get dressed for the holiday brawl with downloadable Santa suits for Team Ninja’s Dead or Alive 5!
The Xmas Bundle, and An Indie Bundle Round-Up
The Indie Royale have now launched The Xmas Bundle 2.0, containing six games at a current minimum price of £2.60.
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RAGE: The Scorchers DLC
RAGE, the post-apocalyptic action shooter from 2011 gets a new DLC pack today: The Scorchers.
