[PC] Announcement trailer surfaces for King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition

[PC] Announcement trailer surfaces for King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition
The rumours surrounding an impending PC release for King of Fighters XIII via Valve's Steam have been floating around for awhile now. However, we have our first piece of real evidence supporting the PC port.

An announcement trailer has surfaced on YouTube supposedly outing the King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition of the game and seemingly confirms that it will be released in the future. SNK Playmore hasn't confirmed anything at this point, but it seems like the trailer has done that work for them.

Would you play King of Fighters XIII on Steam?

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[PC] Steam sets new record with 6 million users online concurrently

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[PC] Steam Big Picture goes live with Celebration Sale

[PC] Steam Big Picture goes live with Celebration Sale

Following a several-month-long beta, Steam Big Picture has officially gone public as of today. The new service allows Steam users to play their library of Steam games on their television screen simply by connecting their computer to a TV, as well as surf the web through a new web browser, navigate Steam, and chat with other users.

To celebrate, Valve are putting a variety of controller-friendly games on sale for up to 75% off through December 10th, including titles such as Alan Wake, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Left 4 Dead, Mark of the Ninja, Portal 2, and Bit.Trip.Runner, to name just a few. While all games available on Steam are compatible with Big Picture, note that not all of them feature controller support.

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[PC] New Dungeon Defenders DLC now available on Steam

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[PC] Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP making its way to Steam

[PC] Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP making its way to Steam

That's right, one of the best things available on Apple's App Store is apparently making its way over to PC thanks to Valve's Steam. Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP will be releasing as a point-and-click game and will be available "before the next dark moon", so that's something to look forward to if you've never been fortunate enough to play it. It will also be made available for Mac "before the summer solstice". Check out the trailer below from Machinima or head over to their website to see a new trailer.
If you are going to be at PAX East then you'll be able to take it for a spin at the Capy booth (located in the Indie Megabooth) to see how the little gem transitions to the big screen and mouse.

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[PC] Valve Debunks 'Steam Box' Console Rumors

[PC] Valve Debunks 'Steam Box' Console Rumors

One of the hottest topics in the industry over the last week or so has been the possibility of Steam developer Valve Software working on a Steam-based console, dubbed the "Steam Box". Not so, according to Valve's marketing director Doug Lombardi.

"We're prepping the Steam Big Picture Mode UI and getting ready to ship that, so we're building boxes to test that on," Lombardi told Kotaku. "We're also doing a bunch of different experiments with biometric feedback and stuff like that, which we've talked about a fair amount. All of that is stuff that we're working on, but it's a long way from Valve shipping any sort of hardware."

So while the so-called Steam Box exists, it is a far cry from an actual console. Rather, the device would simply allow PC gamers to use the digital distribution service to play Steam games on a PC hooked up to their television screens. But while nothing is in the cards for the moment, when asked if Valve may one day consider making its own hardware, Lombardi replied, "I think that's accurate."

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[PC] Rumour: Valve might be putting together its own 'Steam Box' console

[PC] Rumour: Valve might be putting together its own 'Steam Box' console

Rumblings are growing that Valve, mighty overlords of the PC market, might be looking to invest in releasing a dedicated PC built with parts from several of their partners.

According to sources, it appears that several meetings were held back at CES to demo an early version of the console to selected parties. The basic specs of the box would include an Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia GPU. These 'Steam Boxes' would be capable of running standard PC games, and even rival digital distribution platforms.

Nothing is official yet, but one of the biggest things that would seperate a Valve labelled device such as this from standard consoles would be the lack of bureaucracy and licensing fees. Other features could include controllers that could be reconfigured for alternative uses, etc. The word currently blowing around the video game news world is that Valve may announce this at GDC. Or at the very least they'll make more information available to potential partners and build up for a full E3 blowout.

Eyes glued to all the GDC news, friends. We'll see what we can find out as the week passes.

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[PC] Things you probably guessed: No Steam launch for Mass Effect 3

[PC] Things you probably guessed: No Steam launch for Mass Effect 3

I think a lot of people saw this coming after 2011's Battlefield 3 Origin debacle. Now it seems that Mass Effect 3 is joining the Origin flagship as well with both physical and digital copies apparently requiring Origin to run.

The news comes from BioWare's manager, Chris Priestly, in a FAQ that was posted recently. In it he mentions that "during initial release, Mass Effect 3 will be available on Origin and a number of other 3rd party digital retailers, but not on Steam at this time." This leaves a pinch of hope that it might saunter onto Valve's digital platform after launch, but people have long since stopped holding their breathes for Battlefield 3 to do the same thing.

BioWare is sticking with the classic "restrictive terms of service" as the reason for it missing launch, but we still don't expect any changes any time soon. No one else is complaining after all.

Do you think this is going to harm Mass Effect 3's launch on PC? Or are you getting it on console anyway?

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Displeased. I guess I might have to boycott this until a steam release.

EA has done this because they don't want to sell their DLC on the steam store where valve takes a small cut. Kinda makes a bit of business sense until you realise using the EA solution is a pain in the ass as you have to buy the DLC from the site and download extra files and install them separately. The steam version basically has you buying from within steam and then it gets downloaded and activated without any user interaction. Having a PC game and it's DLC on steam will always result in more sales because pretty much every PC gamer has steam installed and it isn't a pain in the ass to buy things (In fact it's pretty much the opposite, I frequently find it hard not to buy things on steam).

Also Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Overlay Integration, blah, blah.

Problems with origin Origin looks through your _entire_ file system and sends data off to EA about it. There are viruses that don't abuse a users privacy as bad as that.It's another application installed to run this game that doesn't add anything to the user. No Achievements, No Steam CloudLooking at EA's past with download clients, who knows if it'll be around in a couple of yearsEA has used some pretty bad DRM in the past, Steam forces developers to use their user-friendly DRM, which has been generally accepted as the best solution to the problem.The customer service is apparently non-existent.The prices on origin are ridiculous. PC games do not have the same licensing fees that console games do, They shouldn't cost anywhere near as much.

Forcing people to use their (very flawed) system is not the way get people to use it. If anything it's the way to make it fail. (This post was last modified: 01-17-2012 09:40 AM by Irony.)

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