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Steam still top dog in digital game markets

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:45:33 +0000

Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has stated that while his company’s Impulse distribution service claims 10% of the PC game digital delivery market, Steam remains on top, with 70% of all digital distribution taking place on Valve’s popular service. Wardell asserts that Steam’s ...

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Stardock Reveals Impulse, Steam Market Share Estimates

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Stardock, publisher of Sins of a Solar Empire and owner of distribution service Impulse, said it believes Impulse rests in second place after Valve's popular Steam in the digital distribution rankings in terms of market share by revenue. "Our estimation is that Steam - as the current market ...

Kotaku found this 45 hours ago on gamasutra.com

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Review: Left 4 Dead 2

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12:57 +0000

When Valve announced Left 4 Dead 2 during Microsoft's E3 2009 press conference -- less than seven months after the release of the award-winning original -- gamers were, perhaps rightfully, shocked. This was the same Valve that spent nearly ten years iterating on Team Fortress 2 and whose ...

Co-Optimus found this 11 hours ago on joystiq.com

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[MW2] Valve Banning MW2 Keys

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:59:00 +0000

A recent post over at the Steam forums from habicabi claiming his Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 disappeared off his games list. habicabi brought his CD Key via http://www.g2play.net , BurtonJ from Valve replied with the following: "If you purchased just a cd key for the game then ...

Spawndemon posted 17 hours ago from totalgamingnetwork.com

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Left 4 Dead 2 Receives First Patch on PC

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:12:57 +0000

Left 4 Dead 2 hasn't even been out a full week yet on the PC, but today Valve has released the first patch for the game. Don't these guys know it's the weekend? Most of the fixes look performance related, with a few tweaks here and there for matchmaking. Now if only they ...

bapenguin posted 11 hours ago from co-optimus.com

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How to Resurrect the Original Left 4 Dead

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Seeing as Left 4 Dead 2 already contains everything that we loved from the original... Oh wait... That's not correct. Where's No Mercy and the other campaigns. Where are the awesome custom campaigns? Never fear, we managed to figure out how to get everything from the original working in the ...

Kotaku found this 38 hours ago on l4dmods.com

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News: Steam has 70 per cent of PC pie

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Digital rival says Valve's streets ahead. Brad Wardell, boss of Stardock and digital distribution platform Impulse, reckons Valve's Steam is miles ahead of any competition in the PC gaming download market. "Our estimation is that Steam - as the current market leader - enjoys approximately 70 per cent of the overall digital distribution market with Impulse at 10 per cent and all others combined at 20 per cent in terms of actual dollars generated per month," wrote Wardell in a company ...

Massively found this 32 hours ago on eurogamer.net

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Left 4 Dead Campaigns Now (Unofficially) Work In Left 4 Dead 2 [Hacks]

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Left 4 Dead 2 fans longing not for Francis, Bill, Zoey and Louis but for Dead Air, No Mercy, Death Toll and Blood Harvest have one more reason to go for the PC version of the zombie apocalypse...

Destructoid found this 37 hours ago on kotaku.com

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Valve Banning Grey Import Modern Warfare 2 CD Keys

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:52:33 +0000

If you were chuffed at saving a few bob by buying a Modern Warfare 2 CD Key through a Grey Import...

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The reasons you need to buy Left 4 Dead 2 on PC

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:58:25 +0000

Today, we're going to deviate from our standard review format for just a bit... and we beg your indulgence for this exercise. Left 4 Dead 2 is available now, and many of you have most likely already purchased the game. Some may still have hard feelings about ...

Blue's News found this 42 hours ago on arstechnica.com

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Valve Secretly Launches Midnight Riders Website -- Left 4 Dead 2 DLC?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +0000

We may have our first hint at where Valve is going with the first slate of downloadable content for Left 4 Dead 2 . Fans have discovered a website for the motorcycle-riding metal band Midnight Riders , which, according to official records , was registered by Valve on September 10 and teases ...

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Xbox 360 Review – Left4Dead 2

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:32:17 +0000

Left4Dead 2 Offers More Addictive Multiplayer, and Builds Upon The Successes of Its Predecessor Left4Dead 2 is a great game. It is dark, frightening, and massively entertaining. Whether you’re playing through a campaign with three other players, wading your way through a mall in ...

TerminalGamer posted 2 days ago from terminalgamer.com

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8-bit Left 4 Dead leaves modernity behind

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:45:32 +0000

Thanks to Eric Ruth and his PixelForce NES "de-make" of Left 4 Dead , we now have an idea of what the zombie apocalypse simulator would have been like had it released in the '80s. Valve is apparently aware of the project and finds the concept "hilarious." Ruth reveals that he plans to ...

Blue's News found this 5 days ago on joystiq.com

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Rogue Warrior - Age Verification

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:36:39 +0000

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Left 4 Dead 2: Race Cars and Rock Stars

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:36:41 +0000

Left 4 Dead 2 galore today! While I still have yet to pick up a copy due to not yet being best buds with Valve's PR department and/or being a poor bastard (see Contact and Donate respectively), it's definitely on my "To-Do as Soon as I Rob a Bank" list. Two ...

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NES Left 4 Dead Gameplay Video 1

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +0000

The flagship title of the PixelForce NES de-makes is Valve's Left 4 Dead.This game play footage gives you an idea of what the project looks like in action an...

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Review: Left 4 Dead 2 PC

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:50 +0000

Let's admit it, this whole "zombie" thing in pop culture has pretty much run its limits. Not only do we have tons of zombie based games come out, but movies, TV shows and novels seem to be in love with the undead. However, the phenomenon doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon. With ...

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Icrontic: Left 4 Dead 2 review

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:53:54 +0000

An in-depth review of the PC version of Valve's Left 4 Dead 2, a compelling addition to the Left 4 Dead franchise, and a worthy successor in its own right.

Thrax posted 4 days ago from gaming.icrontic.com

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News: Digital pricing can go up and down "without penalty" - Valve

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Publishers and developer are free to drop and raise the price of digitally released games without any penalty to future sales or consumer loyalty, according to Valve's head of Steam, Jason Holtman. Speaking at the Montreal ...

The Escapist : Latest News found this 4 days ago on gamesindustry.biz

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Valve's Holtman: Digital Direct Gives Developers More Pricing Freedom

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:00 +0000

"Service is becoming everything," claimed Valve's Jason Holtman during a Montreal International Game Summit keynote. "It's going to impact every line of business and every line as you think about your game." As the director of business development at the company responsible for Steam, the PC ...

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