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Gabe Newell updates users on Steam hack situation

Gabe Newell updates users on Steam hack situation

Back in November of last year, Valve's Gabe Newell sent out a notice to Steam users that the Steam database had been breached, and that some user data had possibly been taken. Details on what exactly happened ... continue
Ubisoft migrating servers, several games affected

Ubisoft migrating servers, several games affected

Ubisoft will soon be switching the hosting of a good many of its servers from a third-party provider to a new facility and, as a result, many Ubisoft games' online modes will be unavailable during that time. ... continue
Macworld 2012 Attendance Low, Lack Of Apple To Blame

Macworld 2012 Attendance Low, Lack Of Apple To Blame

Macworld has been going on since 1985 and over the years, Apple has helped support the conference by attending. Unfortunately and starting back in 2008, the company said they would no longer be participating in the event. This ... continue
Apple Town Hall Meeting Brings Deep Discounts For Apple Employees

Apple Town Hall Meeting Brings Deep Discounts For Apple Employees

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during a recent Apple town hall meeting that employees will not be able to take advantage of an employee discount program that finally brings the company's computers and tablets into competitive pricing ... continue
BioWare looking into Mac version of Star Wars: The Old Republic

BioWare looking into Mac version of Star Wars: The Old Republic

Going by EA's latest (and now presumably out of date) statistics, over one million players are knee-deep into Star Wars: The Old Republic right now, but Mac users that weren't willing to jump through quite a few ... continue
Trine 2 due out on PC/Mac December 7

Trine 2 due out on PC/Mac December 7

Trine 2, the sequel to Frozenbyte's 2009 physics-based puzzle platformer, was finally given a release date today. The developer announced that Trine 2 will release on PC and Mac on December 7, just two days away from ... continue
Trine 2 will feature cross-platform co-op between PC and Mac

Trine 2 will feature cross-platform co-op between PC and Mac

Developer Frozenbyte announced today that Trine 2, the sequel to 2009's puzzle platformer, will be getting cross-platform play - but there's a bit of a catch. Trine 2 is set to release on just about every digital distribution ... continue
Valve kicks off Steam’s ‘Autumn Sale’

Valve kicks off Steam’s ‘Autumn Sale’

If you're the type of person who can't help but buy everything Valve puts on sale on Steam, you're probably going to want to hide your wallet / credit card / PayPal account for about a week. ... continue
World of Warcraft celebrates seventh birthday next week, gets a new commercial

World of Warcraft celebrates seventh birthday next week, gets a new commercial

In less than a week, November 23 to be specific, World of Warcraft will be celebrating its 7th birthday. To celebrate World of Warcraft's seven years of operation, Blizzard will be showing their appreciation for the players ... continue
Valve confirms Steam database hacked

Valve confirms Steam database hacked

Bad news, Steam users. As it turns out, the Steam forums wasn't the only thing that was breached in the recent hack - Valve boss Gabe Newell confirmed today that the database for Steam itself was also ... continue
Telltale Games offers behind-the-scenes look at Jurassic Park: The Game

Telltale Games offers behind-the-scenes look at Jurassic Park: The Game

Telltale Games' Jurassic Park: The Game is nearly upon is. To provide you with something to hold you over until that November 15 release date, Telltale released a behind-the-scenes video of the making of Jurassic Park: The ... continue
Portal 2′s next DLC: In-game map editor

Portal 2′s next DLC: In-game map editor

Valve announced today that Portal 2 will be receiving new DLC early next year, but this time the DLC is going to be different. Rather than cook up a new set of challenge maps for players to take ... continue
Diablo III Collector’s Edition detailed, new cinematic trailer released [Video]

Diablo III Collector’s Edition detailed, new cinematic trailer released [Video]

Diablo fans were expecting some form of Diablo III news out of BlizzCon, but what we all were really hoping for was a release date. Unfortunately, we didn't get that, but Blizzard did at least give us ... continue
Mac trojan now equipped with OS X anti-virus nuking ability

Mac trojan now equipped with OS X anti-virus nuking ability

While Mac users like to brag on and on about how they don't get viruses and other types of malware on their shiny objects of perfection recent events are proving otherwise, and to the degree that Apple ... continue
Valve explains why there is no Source Engine 2 (yet)

Valve explains why there is no Source Engine 2 (yet)

When Half-Life 2 released in 2004, the Source Engine really was something to behold. The textures were beautiful, the lighting was great - especially when HDR was added in - and you didn't even need a particularly ... continue
Portal 2 ‘Peer Review’ DLC coming out early next month (for free)

Portal 2 ‘Peer Review’ DLC coming out early next month (for free)

Good news and bad news, Portal 2 fans. The bad news is that Portal 2's first round of DLC won't be coming out this month after all. The good news, though, is that it will be coming ... continue
Diablo III to release in early 2012

Diablo III to release in early 2012

Diablo fans have been holding onto hope that Diablo III would release this year, and apparently Blizzard was hoping for the same. Unfortunately for all of us, our hopes have been dashed. Blizzard's Mike Morhaime announced by way ... continue
Portal free on Steam, here’s your chance to rob Valve

Portal free on Steam, here’s your chance to rob Valve

I can't imagine that anyone on the internet who has at least a modicum of interest in gaming doesn't already own Portal, but on the very off chance that you don't, Steam has made the first-person puzzler ... continue
Blizzard announces PayPal support for Diablo III, Battle.net

Blizzard announces PayPal support for Diablo III, Battle.net

In news that should come as no surprise after the auction house announcement, Blizzard announced today that PayPal will be their payment-service for the Diablo III auction house. With the introduction of PayPal as an option for the ... continue
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive debut trailer out, confirms cross-platform play

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive debut trailer out, confirms cross-platform play

Lucky PAX attendees are getting the chance to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive right now, but if you're like me and missed out on a chance to go, Valve was kind enough to release a new trailer to ... continue
Portal 2 getting first DLC next month

Portal 2 getting first DLC next month

If you need a little incentive to get back into Portal 2 anytime soon, Valve is set to offer incentive in the form of Portal 2's first DLC. Originally pegged for a "summer" release, it's now due ... continue
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive officially announced

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive officially announced

Convincing rumors started to hit the web late yesterday that Valve was gearing up to announce an all-new Counter-Strike game and, well, it looks like the rumors were true. Just moments ago, Valve officially announced Counter-Strike: Global ... continue