It’s been a rumour which doesn’t die. Even after Valve came out and said they weren’t actively working on bringing Steam to Linux, it has resurfaced again.
A new job listing has gone live on the Valve site for a Senior Software Engineer which among other things would be responsible for “Port Windows-based games to the Linux platform.”.
Could this point to a future Steam client for Linux? it’s certainly looking more likely.
If you live in either the US, UK, Japan or Mexico you’ll be able to “if you see it, just sat it” when Kinect launches later in the year. If you don’t happen to live in one of those four countries you will probably will have to wait until sometime in 2011 to be able to tell your Xbox what to do.
Microsoft PR manager Lidia Pitzalis said in an interview with Eurogamer Spain. Mentioning that Germany, Itality, France and Spain would have to wait until a Spring 2011 update for them to be included.
It’s quite a feat for Microsoft to be able to support the plethora of different accents from the various countries, and both the US and UK will have different software versions to support those accents. If you happen to speak perfect English but don’t live in one of the supported launch countries you’ll sadly still be out of luck as it will be disabled until official support is added.
Steam has released three new DLC multiplayer items for Kane & Lynch 2.
The Doggie Bag Pack – Take on new heists and unlock new Achievements with two never before seen maps and five exclusive weapons for Multiplayer and Arcade modes…
Alliance Weapon Pack – Increase your weapons arsenal with seven powerful new weapons for all Multiplayer modes and Arcade mode…
Multiplayer Masks Pack – Conceal your identity and avoid revenge attacks with 8 costume masks stolen from a Chinese gift shop…
Checkout Steam for more information.
If you didn’t get your fill of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the Nintendo DS or the PlayStation Portable you’ll be able to pick it up on Apple’s iPad from September 9th.
It comes packed with shiny new HD graphics, more than 50 missions, countless side activities as well as the ability to cruise to a custom soundtrack with Independence FM.
You’ll be able to pick it up for £5.99 from the App Store on Sept. 9.
Wasn’t expecting this but someone has posted 20 new screenshots onto Flickr and we’ve got them below. The game really looks amazing and shows a few of the foes you’ll be taking on in the sequel like Two-Face and Catwoman.
Keep reading for those glorious screenshots.
The title is released sometime next year for the PC, PS3 and 360.
I don’t think there was ever a doubt that Starcraft II:Wings of Liberty was ever going to sell poorly. Today Blizzard has announced that the title has sold over 3 million copies worldwide in just one month. Who said PC gaming was dead?
“We appreciate all the enthusiasm that players around the world have shown for StarCraft II,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “It was important to us to deliver an overall gameplay experience that was accessible, balanced, and fun, and it’s been gratifying to see how strongly the global community has already embraced the game.”
Day-one sales for the game reached 1 million copies and then went on to sell another 1.5 million unites in the first 48 hours. This has put Starcraft II has the bestselling PC game of 2010.
Microsoft has today shown of the new controller they’ll be shipping in a few months time in the US and sometime around February in Europe. As well as a new colour scheme it now offers an improved D-pad.
They’ve even come up with a little catch phrase: “from a plus to a disc with the twist of the wrist.”. I’m a little baffled as to why Microsoft has decided to remove the colours from the buttons as they helped new gamers to glance at what button they needed when a game prompted them.
The controller is only available as part of a Play & Charge kit for $64.99. Keep reading for a video of MajorNelson showing off the new kit.
MajorNelson has posted that Xbox LIVE Subscription costs are going up as of November 1. The price increase affects the US, UK, Mexico and Canada.
| US | |
| Current 1M Gold: $7.99 3M Gold: $19.99 12M Gold: $49.99 | Starting Nov 1, 2010 1M Gold: $9.99 3M Gold: $24.99 12M Gold: $59.99 |
| UK | |
| Current 1M Gold: 4.99 GBP | Starting Nov 1, 2010 1M Gold: 5.99 GBP |
| Canada | |
| Current 1M Gold: $8.99 CAD | Starting Nov 1, 2010 1M Gold: $9.99 CAD |
| Mexico | |
| Current 12M Gold: 499 Pesos | Starting Nov 1, 2010 12M Gold: 599 Pesos |
So if your subscription is about to end be sure to renew before the prices get bumped up.
Dead Rising: Case Zero has been delayed, until when we don’t know. The Xbox Marketplace exclusive was supposed to be released tomorrow on the 31st August but has now been delayed. The reason behind the delay is said to be content which is inappropriate for the free trial.
Case Zero is set three years before Dead Rising 2 and offers an introduction to protagonist, Chuck Greene. Capcom told Famitsu that this delayed doesn’t impact the release of Dead Rising 2.
Also note this news is from Capcom Japan so it may be just delayed in Japan.
Not long ago AMD snapped up ATI and has turned things around with the recent 5000 series of GPUs. Today word has slipped that AMD intend to drop the ATI brand and combine everything under the AMD name.