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EA’s Origin Prepares For Third-Party Content

5:00AM September 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It may be inconvenient to users of more popular digital distribution platforms, but its picking up steam. During a UBS conference in London earlier today, EA chief financial officer Eric Brown set Origin install numbers at “about four million”, saying that third-party content was coming “very soon”. More »

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GameFly Sweetens The Pot With PC Game Downloads

12:40AM August 10, 2011 | Mike Fahey

For nearly a decade GameFly has been the Netflix of video games, delivering console and handheld titles to eager gamers across the US, but where’s the PC gaming love? It’s coming later this year, when GameFly rolls out an online client featuring more than 100 free PC game downloads. More »

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GameStop’s Online Store Becomes One With Impulse

5:00AM July 14, 2011 | Mike Fahey

GameStop’s purchase of Steam rival Impulse comes to a head today, as the video game retail giant fully integrates the PC game digital download service into its online store. Now, instead of purchasing a downloadable PC game through GameStop.com, you can go to Steam instead, like you were doing already anyway. More »

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Steam Plans To Take Over Your Television

5:00AM March 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Not content to dominate digital downloads on the Mac and PC, Valve is heading to GDC 2011 with plans for a “big picture” mode, a controller-friendly version of Steam perfect for playing on your big-screen television. More »

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Ladies And Gentlemen, Restart Your Steam Engines

4:30AM April 27, 2010 | Mike Fahey

As promised, the new Steam client is now live, giving PC gamers the sort of shiny new and revamped features they’ve been craving for years. More »

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Windows Games On Demand Drastically Discounts Arkham Asylum

7:20AM February 26, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Every weekend in March, Microsoft will be discounting Games on Demand for Windows titles, kicking things off with 75% off the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum this Friday through Monday. More »

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Persona PSP Halfway Delayed

9:00AM September 12, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP is delayed, and yet it isn’t. While the UMD version of the game will arrive right on time, the PlayStation Network version slips to very early October. More »