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• UK video game sales grow for the first time in 5 years

  

  2 January 2014, 13:15

  As digital game sales overtake those of physical copies.

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• Order of War: first game erased from all Steam user libraries

  

  31 December 2013, 11:00

  Servers were shut down and then game removed, despite the single player missions.

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• Dixons Retail first to offer Steam Wallet cards in the UK

  

  23 December 2013, 12:19

  Would you be happy to find one of these in your stocking?

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• iFixIt teardown of Steam Machine reveals $1,300 of parts

  

  23 December 2013, 10:12

  However Valve's prototype machines, sent out to lucky applicants, do vary.

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• SteamMachine and SteamOS first impression videos emerge

  

  17 December 2013, 12:27

  Also a user compares SteamOS and Windows running Metro Last Light.

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• Valve to ship Steam Machines to testers starting from tomorrow

  

  12 December 2013, 10:12

  Meanwhile Digital Storm shows off its $1,469 (£900) Steam Machine.

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• Piixl Jetpack ‘Steam Machine’ announced

  

  5 December 2013, 14:30

  Slimline, powerful, extendable PC attaches to the back of your flatscreen TV.

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• Valve joins The Linux Foundation

  

  5 December 2013, 11:45

  “Valve is investing in the advancement of Linux gaming”.

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• Steam’s concurrent user record breaches 7 million

  

  2 December 2013, 10:45

  The launch of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 hasn’t kept gamers away from their PCs.

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• iBuyPower’s Steam Machine prototypes revealed

  

  26 November 2013, 15:45

  Prototypes look like they are influenced by the Sony PlayStation 4 case design.

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