Posted July 8, 2011, 10:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, The Web
There has been some speculation about a possible break-up between EA and Valve, after Crysis 2 was pulled from the Steam platform and appeared on EA's new storefront sporting a misleading "only on Origin" tag. Although many of us saw…
Posted June 22, 2011, 3:08 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
John Locke of Louisville, Kentucky has become the first independently published author to sell over 1 million paid copies in the Kindle Store. He is the eight author to do so, and has joined Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Nora Roberts,…
Posted June 21, 2011, 5:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
Speaking with Computer and Video Games about the state PC game distriubtion, Darryl Still of 1C, a Russian developer and publisher, claimed that some UK retailers refuse to sell Steamworks titles. According to Still, certain big-box stores have warned publishers…
Posted June 15, 2011, 10:15 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, Software
Update: EA has announced that it had nothing to do with Steam's removal of Crysis 2. Instead, the mega-publisher said that Steam dropped the game because of conflicting business terms involving Crytek and another online game service. The full statement is…
Posted June 3, 2011, 7:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Gaming, The Web
Game publishing giant Electronic Arts is set to take on Valve's Steam with the launch of its own digital distribution platform, dubbed Origin. According to a report on the Wall Street Journal, the new service functions as a single store…
Posted May 5, 2011, 12:57 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming
Electronic Arts is aware that the future of gaming lies in digital content and wants to eventually move away from physical discs. In fact, EA CEO John Riccitiello is planning to completely convert the gaming giant.
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