President of Valve Gabe Newell sent the following note to every user of the Steam service regarding the recent hack of Steam in more detail. Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users We continue our investigation of last year’s intrusion with the help of outside security experts. In my last note about this, I described how intruders had accessed our Steam database but we found no evidence that the intruders took information from that database. That is still the case. Recently we learned that it is probable that the intruders obtained a copy of a backup file with information about … Continue reading Gabe Newell Sends Letter To Steam Users About Hack→
As part of the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS DELUXE line launching this fall, Hasbro will be releasing five new action figures in their Cybertronian form based on the characters in the video game. These include BLAST-OFF, VORTEX, DECEPTICON BRAWL, SWINDLE, and ONSLAUGHT characters that can combine into one fearsome Decepticon, BRUTICUS, just as they do in the game. Each figure within the assortment has three modes: robot, vehicle and a third ‘combiner’ mode to link together and form the colossal BRUTICUS figure. Each will be sold separately. The successor to acclaimed developer High Moon Studios’ highest-rated Transformers game of all time, Transformers: … Continue reading Transformers Action Figures Created For Game→
TAITO Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., today announced the worldwide release of DARIUSBURST SECOND PROLOGUE for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Available for download from the App Store, the science fiction shooter combines elements from both its console and arcade game predecessors, and is the first edition of DARIUSBURST to be released abroad. DARIUSBURST SECOND PROLOGUE is the latest installment in a series that began with the release of the original DARIUS arcade game in 1986. (DARIUS was sold in some territories under the title SAGAIA.) Chronicling the struggle to save the planet Darius from … Continue reading Dariusburst Second Prologue Ships→
The latest figures from NPD show that UK gamers buy more games than their US and European counterparts. The report shows that the UK rates highest for physical and digital games sales. In Germany, sales are split equally between physical and digital, while French gamers favour boxed games. When it comes to gaming devices, the UK has the highest number of console owners, while iPhones and other app devices dominate in the US. Germany has the highest population of PC gamers and French gamers prefer handheld gaming devices. In Europe traditional handhelds and app devices hold equal share, but in … Continue reading UK Top for Digital and Physical Game Purchases→
The Skyrim Creation Kit is now available. Along with the Creation Kit, Bethesda also released the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack as a free download. Both the Creation Kit and High-Resolution Texture Pack are available free via Steam. With the Creation Kit’s release, fans can now upload, download, and install custom content through the Skyrim Workshop on Steam making sharing mods easier than ever before. You can access the Skyrim Workshop via mods.elderscrolls.com. Experience The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as you’ve never seen it before with the Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack. Make sure your system requirements exceed Skyrim’s recommended specs before … Continue reading Skyrim Gets Free High-Resolution Texture Pack→
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the NeverDead Expansion Pack Volume 1 will be available for download on February 21, 2012. Fans will be able to expand their online experience with a new playable character, three new challenges within the expanded Asylum level and two new online costumes for the main character, Bryce Boltzmann. In NeverDead, players become the immortal Bryce Boltzmann, a tragic hero who has endured a suffering existence due to the murder of his wife at the hands of Astaroth, the Demon King. Moving through life without aspirations other than where he will find his next … Continue reading NeverDead To Release First DLC→
A new trailer for Skullgirls, the upcoming downloadable 2D fighting game from Autumn Games, is available today. Offering a sneak peak at the Story Mode, the trailer provides a glimpse of the seven announced playable characters and elements of how they fit into the game’s backstory. The world of Skullgirls is vast and full of colorful personas, well beyond the eight playable female warriors that will be available at launch. Additional friends and foes will show up throughout the playable characters’ stories, which are told with a series of short vignettes, showcasing more than 200 pieces of unique art and … Continue reading Skullgirls Gameplay Video→
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