Our reader Dan Rutstein has spotted an interesting Steam entry, suggesting that Guacamelee! (a Sony exclusive indie game) will be coming to the PC. Set in a world inspired by Mexican culture, Guacamelee! features a down-on-his-luck agave farmer named Juan Aguacate, who sets out to save the world when El Presidente’s Daughter is kidnapped by an Evil Charro Skepeton. The story takes place in and around a small village in Mexico, and has the player travelling through “The World of the Living” and “The World of the Dead” on his quest to rescue the girl he loves. Although DrinkBox Studios, the company behind Guacamelee!, has not revealed anything yet, we can expect this side-scrolling Metroidvania style game to hit our beloved platform at a later date. After all, Steam’s registry rarely lies. We’ve captured a screenshot from Steam’s registry entry that can be viewed below – alongside the game’s announcement trailer. Continue reading Steam’s Registry Suggests That Sony’s Exclusive ‘Guacamelee!’ Is Coming To The PC→
A lot of Capcom fans have been wondering why the Japanese company has chosen GFWL over Steamworks, as Valve’s DRM seems a whole better – and provides proper protection prior to the game’s launch – than the one of Microsoft. Well, time for some answers as Capcom’s Senior VP of planning and business development, Christian Svensson, went ahead and explained the reasons for choosing Microsoft’s DRM. Continue reading Capcom explains the reasons choosing GFWL over Steamworks; Piracy A Big Issue In All Platforms→
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the launch of Steam Greenlight, a new platform feature that enlists the community’s help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam. Continue reading Valve Releases Steam Greenlight – Gives Power To The Users→
Valve today revealed a new Steam feature called Group Updates, making it easier for players to share and enjoy their gaming experiences. According to the company, since The Community first launched, Steam gamers have created over 2.5 Million groups, bringing together their friends and other like-minded gamers to talk about their common interests. Continue reading Steam 2 – Day 2 Announcement – Group Updates→
Good news for Steam users as Valve will be revealing some new features its digital distribution service during the next four days. Today, the company unveiled Steam’s Game Hubs. Game Hubs are collections of game-centric discussions, workshop items, screenshots, videos, and news. It’s both community created and official content, as rated by you, Steam users. Continue reading Steam – Day 1 Announcement – Game Hubs Revealed→
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first set of Software titles are heading to Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform most commonly known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games. Continue reading Steam will start selling non-game software→
Valve has made some changes to its Subscriber Agreement (you know, the agreement you quickly pass on when you’re registering for an account on Steam) and to be honest, we’re a bit shocked with some of them. With this new Agreement, Valve disallows class action claims, but still allows individual claims. What worries us here is the fact that Valve has managed to neuter large-scale cases from Steam users, particularly ones that might arise if the service were to ever shut down or block a mass number of users from playing a game they’d paid for. In other words, this new Agreement further proves that you’re basically renting your games on Steam. You don’t own anything. Not only that but if you decide not to agree to Valve’s binding arbitration clause, you lose all your games. Continue reading Valve updates Steam’s Subscriber Agreement – Disallows Class Action Claims – Allows Individual Claims→
The ninth day of Steam’s Summer Sale is a go and PC gamers can get today the Crysis Collection with 70% and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, F3AR, Magicka, Dungeon Defenders, Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, Civilization V, and Driver: San Francisco with a 75% discount. As usual, there are other on-going sales on Steam so be sure to check its main page. Enjoy! Continue reading Steam Summer Sale – Day Nine – Crysis, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, F3AR on Sale→
The eighth day of Steam’s Summer Sale has started and PC gamers can get Alan Wake, Fallout: New Vegas, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the Enhanced Edition of the first Witcher game and Plants vs Zombies with a 75% discount. In addition, the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2 comes now with a 60% discount, while Krater and Sniper Elite V2 come with a 50% discount. As usual, there are also the Community Choices so be sure to check Steam’s main page. Continue reading Steam Summer Sale – Day Eight – Fallout: New Vegas, Amnesia, The Witcher 2 & Alan Wake on Sale→
