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No BlizzCon in 2012, Battle.net World Championships spin-off to be held instead

Blizzard’s highly popular annual convention, BlizzCon, will be taking taking a break in 2012, the company announced on its Battle.net website. Blizzard highlighted its “jam-packed schedule” as the reason why, with three of its games, Diablo III, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and World of WarCraft: Mists of Panderia, all currently in simultaneous development. […] Read more »

Alan Wake PC port confirmed for February, Steam-only

Remedy Entertainment, the original creators of the Max Payne series, has announced a February 2012 release date for the resurrected PC port of Alan Wake, according to an official post on their forums. The game is self-published by Remedy, will not use Games For Windows Live (yes!), and will be released on Steam. Read more »

Christmas is coming: Steam holiday sale begins

The annual and renowned Steam holiday sale has arrived, running from 20 December to 1 January (Singapore time). In addition to the usual, incredibly discounted daily deals and publisher catalogue packs, this year’s holiday sale features daily Christmas-themed achievements to complete, similar to the 2011 Steam summer sale. Read more »

Humble Indie Bundle 4 now includes free game soundtracks

The latest Humble Indie Bundle 4, which went on sale four days ago, now includes free soundtracks for every game in the bundle: Gratuitous Space Battles, Cave Story+ , Jamestown, Bit.Trip Runner, Super Meat Boy, Shank, and Nightsky HD. Those who have already purchased the bundle earlier, you can access your soundtrack downloads via the […] Read more »