As part of a monthly feature, Valve has revealed the best-selling games on Steam from January this year. One trend that was very noticeable was that 12 of the top 20 games were Early Access titles, an unprecedented number for the digital distribution platform since it launched the feature eight …
Read More »Paradox Interactive Recorded Its Best Year Ever In 2020
2020 was the best year ever in terms of growth for Paradox Interactive, as the publisher saw a 39% increase in revenue year-on-year. In pure numbers, Paradox’s $73.9 million investment in game development saw it make $216 million in revenue, a 45% increase when compared to 2019, according to its …
Read More »Valheim Player Makes Sauron's Tower And It Is Huge
While most Valheim players are still likely valuing form over function while building their bases, the early access survival-crafting game has been out long enough that some truly impressive creations have started to spring up. One of the most imposing of the lot has to be this replica of Sauron’s …
Read More »Stardew Valley Board Game Announced, Available To Buy Now
Stardew Valley is available on pretty much every gaming platform at this point, but it’s now branching into an entirely new medium. Stardew Valley: The Board Game was announced today by developer ConcernedApe, and even better: It’s available to buy now. The official Stardew Valley board game costs $55, and …
Read More »Phil Spencer Has A Kojima Ludens Figure Behind Him In Recent Stream
The robotic mascot of Kojima Productions, a Ludens figure, was spotted on Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s bookshelf in a recent stream. To be clear, this doesn’t necessarily mean that anything is happening with Hideo Kojima and Xbox–though a possible Death Stranding Xbox Series X port wouldn’t be out of the …
Read More »Valheim Has A First-Person Mod, And It Actually Works
Steam’s viking survival hit Valheim has a first-person mod, and it actually works pretty well. The game has only been out for a few weeks, and it doesn’t have official mod support yet, but Valheim’s player base has been hard at work on improving certain aspects of the game. A …
Read More »Hearthstone In 2021 Will See More Big Changes And New Ways To Play
Blizzard has big plans for Hearthstone in 2021. The Year of the Gryphon will introduce three new expansions, each with its own mini-expansion, formulating a year-long narrative starring an all-new cast of characters. The underlying structure of the game will undergo a massive shift too, with the introduction of the …
Read More »WoW's Sanctum Of Domination Raid Culminates In A "Pivotal Moment" For Sylvanas
The upcoming Chains of Domination patch for World of Warcraft‘s Shadowlands expansion lets players do battle against the Banshee Queen herself, Sylvanas. It’s a fight that’s been brewing for years, and players are now finally getting the chance to go to war against her. Sylvanas is the final boss in …
Read More »Valheim Studio Reacts To The Game's Huge Success
The open-world multiplayer survival RPG Valheim is tearing up the charts right now, both in terms of players and sales, and now the developer has said the early results for the game are “mind-blowing” and have far exceeded the studio’s expectations. Iron Gate co-founder Henrik Törnqvist told PC Gamer that …
Read More »Valheim Exceeds 500,000 Concurrent Players On Steam
The latest gaming sensation, the multiplayer survival game Valheim, continues to grow in popularity. The game just recently surpassed 500,000 concurrent players on Steam, which makes it among the platform’s most popular games ever. Only Dota 2 (619,000) and CS: GO (1 million) had higher peak concurrent player numbers for …
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