According to newly released statistics, competing PC digital distribution services Steam and Direct2Drive have posted significant year-over-year revenue growth, while Microsoft Xbox Live download services has seen big gains in download counts.
In particular, Valve's Steam service revealed a 97% increase in download sales, year-over-year, as it continues to sign major publishers such as LucasArts and Rockstar Games to its PC download service.
Cloud Imperium Games released another extensive video about its space simulator Star Citizen, focusing on upcoming engineering gameplay.
Slava Lukyanenka, the producer and creative director of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, offers an insightful look into the development of the much-anticipated sequel. He delves into the significant impact that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has had on both the game and its team, sharing how these challenges have shaped their approach.
Games Asylum: "Despite the popularity of The Karate Kid trilogy in the ‘80s, it didn’t gain anywhere near as many gaming adaptations as the likes of Back to the Future, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. The first film saw a considerably rough entry on the NES, published by the notorious JLN, while the Amiga and Atari ST were blessed with a reasonably well received tie-in for the sequel. It seems that by the time the third film rolled around in 1989, attention had turned to the likes of Rambo, Terminator and Predator, with many early tie-ins for the Mega Drive being more violent and gung ho. It probably didn’t help that Part III was panned by movie goers either."
God damn I love Steam. I've never tried D2D but I hear it's good. I just like Steam cus it keeps everything in one easy to launch window.
(And Steam friends, and achievements, and the Steam Community, and auto updates and the tools, and the media, and server browser, and the Free Weekends.)
Come to think about, there's a LOT I love about Steam...