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The Verge
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM EDT 0 Comments
Use this Steam engine to time travel. Steam's monthly top-releases charts will now let you look back all the way to November 2004, when Half-Life 2 first released. Valve made a few other improvements, too, including automating the process so that the charts will come out on a more regular cadence.
Forbes
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
RuneScape: Dragonwilds Sells Over 600,000 Units In First Week
RuneScape: Dragonwilds Jagex Jagex CEO Jon Bellamy revealed in a LinkedIn post recently that during its first week of Early Access on Steam, new spin-off survival crafting RPG RuneScape: Dragonwilds sold over 600,000 copies. For a spin-off game in a saturated genre based on a multi-decade old free-to-play MMORPG, that's a really strong debut. I decided to check out RuneScape: Dragonwilds right when it surprise launched and I came away extremely impressed with not only how feature complete it already feels, but how fresh its mechanics are in a sea of lookalike crafting survival games. All the staples of the genre are present, but they have a unique Runescape-twist that lends a distinctive charm and personality. You couldn't really ask for a better Early Access launch. 'The response from players, the RuneScape community, and the industry so far has exceeded even our most hopeful expectations,' Bellamy said in his LinkedIn post. 'And it's reminded me just how much games — and the people behind them — can still surprise, and inspire us in the most unexpected ways. It's the alchemy of this industry.' The reception is strong in terms of player sentiment and engagement as well. With over 13,000 reviews as of the time of this writing, 85% of them are positive which gives the game a 'Very Positive' designation. According to Steam Charts, peak concurrent players surpassed 50,000 or hovered near it for multiple days in a row. Furthermore, in that same LinkedIn post, Bellamy goes on to state RuneScape: Dragonwilds reached the global #1 top seller rank on all of Steam during its launch week, climbed to the #3 most-watched slot on all of Twitch, and clocked an average play session length of over two hours so far across all users. RuneScape: Dragonwilds Roadmap Jagex Fortunately, the roadmap is very strong with plans for new regions, new dragons, new skills, new quests, and much more. Just about every aspect of the game has planned upgrades and expansions during Early Access, which is a really positive sign. You can check out RuneScape: Dragonwilds now in Steam Early Access and see what it's like in its current state, and even take on an active role in the community to help shape its development.
Al Bawaba
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Spectre Divide is shutting down alongside its developer
ALBAWABA - Shroud-fronted 3v3 tactical shooter "Spectre Divide" recently made headlines after news circulated that the game is shutting down alongside its developer Mountaintop Studios due to failing to secure a meaningful player base. Spectre Divide is shutting down, only six months after its release despite heavy promotions from popular streamer and content creator, Shroud who is best known for playing competitive games such as Valorant, Counter-Strike, Marvel Rivals, and more. Mountaintop's CEO said, "We pursued every avenue to keep going, including finding a publisher, additional investment, and/or an acquisition. In the end, we weren't able to make it work. The industry is in a tough spot right now." According to Steam Charts, only 65 players are playing the game right now with 337 for 24-hour peak. Spectre Divides's all-time peak was capped at 30,971 players (Steam-only numbers). Mountaintop also shared in a post, "We were optimistic about the first week, We've had ~400,000 players play, with a peak concurrent player count of ~10,000 across all platforms. But as time has gone on, we haven't seen enough active players and incoming revenue to cover the day-to-day costs of Spectre and the studio." The statement adds that Spectre Divide will close down after 30 days with paying players getting a refund for the money they spent since the game's first season. Another issue to take into account is that Spectre Divide was trying to compete in a heavily saturated genre with games like Riot Games' Valorant, and Valve's Counter-Strike 2 taken into account. People fear that the newly launched game, FragPunk might also suffer a similar fate. While many assumed that Shroud owned Spectre Divide, the streamer revealed in October 2024 that "The reality is that Mountaintop has been bringing Spectre to life since 2020, and the game belongs to Mountaintop," as reported by IGN.
