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Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2

Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year’s biggest game — Modern Warfare 2 — won’t be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course!


September 30, 2009
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PC Sales Charts: Aion? Aion?

No let-up for sales of Aion this week, which if it keeps this up may well rank as one of the biggest surprise hits of the year on the PC.


September 17, 2009
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Lucasarts Packs Hit Steam, Direct2Drive

Lucasarts have released a number of game packs onto both Steam and Direct2Drive, collecting the Jedi Knight series and some classic Lucasarts adventure games.


September 16, 2009
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PC Sales Charts: Still With The MMOs

Last week’s charts were dominated by two MMOs, Champions Online and Aion. This week? Same story.


September 15, 2009
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50+ PC Games For $US5

We point out the odd Steam sale here and there, but Steam isn’t the only digital download store on the PC. There’s also Direct2Drive, and for the next five weeks, they’re having one hell of a sale.


September 2, 2009
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PC Sales Charts: Buy Now, Play Later

One thing that always gets me about the PC sales charts is the number of times you see a game tagged “pre-sale”.


August 26, 2009
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PC Sales Charts: Apologies Are In Order

Aion: I’m sorry. I’ve been ignoring you just like I ignore practically every MMO, but despite your silly name and bland art you are proving surprisingly popular. So, from here on in, I’ll try and ignore you… less.


August 8, 2009
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Indie Games Go Dirt Cheap On Steam, Direct2Drive

Digital distribution services Steam and Direct2Drive are battling it out this weekend, attempting to see which PC gaming platform can offer the best indie bundle. The clear winner in this price slashing bloodbath? YOU!!


August 5, 2009
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PC Sales Charts: Funny What A Sale Can Do For Sales

Here’s a very good reason why Valve now base their Steam sales charts on revenue rather than sales: last week’s Relic sale, which saw Dawn of War, Dawn of War II and Company of Heroes going for a song.


July 29, 2009
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Xbox Live, Steam Sales Are Through The Roof

Getting hard sales numbers for services like Xbox Live Arcade, Steam and Direct2Drive is like getting blood from a stone. Not. Gonna. Happen. So today, we’ll console ourselves with some overall sales trends released by the three service’s parent companies.