If you’re one of the 6 people that were actually dumb enough to go out and buy Games for Windows LIVE subscription, fear not, you can finally return the borrowed money as Microsoft is refunding the GFW LIVE subscriptions.

But that’s not all. To reward those gamers who have been with the service from the beginning, Microsoft will be giving refunds to gamers who have been subscribing to the Games for Windows Live service specifically. “Yes, there will be a benefit for customers who purchased gold subscriptions on Windows,” said Unangst. “Proactively, we will be offering refunds for those with Windows-specific Gold subscriptions. Customer service has already begun to get communications prepared.” 

Don’t blame us, with a name like Gamecock, it’s incredibly hard writing a title without introducing sexual innuendos…Anyway, Gamecock, after partnering with Steam, is now giving some love (god damn it, again!) to GameTap.

Press Release:

Video game publisher Gamecock Media Group announced today that it has finalized a new partnership with GameTap, the Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) network that is a leader in digital game distribution and broadband entertainment. The partnership includes the rights for the publisher’s titles to be available for digital download in GameTap’s online store, as well as for subscription and ad-supported play. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone’s favorite fuzzy detectives to get the special edition treatment!

Press Release: 

Interactive entertainment pioneer Telltale, Inc. is announcing that the Collector’s DVD for the acclaimed game series Sam & Max Season Two is available for ordering today. Telltale has given the second season of “gaming’s first sitcom” the premium boxed-set treatment that has become common for television favorites, with behind-the-scenes extras and loads of special features. Telltale is also introducing new merchandise today to celebrate the release, including a signed commemorative print, a 2-CD Season Two soundtrack, and several special bundle offers. Read the rest of this entry »

Another update for the famous indie title; Audiosurf.
Audiosurf

• Players can now easily experiment with custom game modes by
  combining special tags in song names. More info is available on the
  forums
  • [as-4lane] Play with 4 lanes
  • [as-monoonly] Mono characters required
  • [as-everybodymono] All characters have only 2 block colors
  • [as-lessgrey] Mono characters have less grey blocks
  • [as-allgrey] Mono characters have all grey blocks
  • [as-nogrey] Mono characters have no grey blocks
  • [as-monoptX] Base points for Mono characters (default 3)
  • [as-nostlth] Remove Stealth and cumulative hit bonuses
  • [as-swind] Sidewinder camera mode
  • [as-bankcam] Banking camera mode
  • [as-first] First-person camera mode
  • [as-caterp] Block caterpillars
  • [as-mszX] Minimimum match size (number for X)
  • [as-wbX] Percentage of white/black blocks
  • [as-mtX] Match collection ticks (default 10-25)
  • [as-prowsX] Puzzle row count (0-8)
  • [as-hidepuz] Play with an invisible puzzle grid
• Fixed bug finding CD tracks in drives beyond the first

Get them from Steam.

Square Enix is loving PCs, during an E3 2008 press conference, the producers have said to moved to PC developmental platform and the game, Final Fantasy XII, is being developed primarily for the PC platform. With the PS3/X360 ports following afterwards.

The content will be the same on all platforms,” said Kitase. “However, we have yet to determine how many discs will be required for the 360 version. We’ll have to consider the differences between formats. Currently the game is being built on PC, where it’s actually functional. We’re still focusing on making it work on PS3, so it’s difficult to know how long the process of taking it to 360 will take.”

Thanks to the new PC development platform, Kitase added, “Now that we’re developing on a PC base, the pace is going a bit faster,” Kitase said. “We haven’t introduced new footage of the game, but we should be able to show something new in the near future.

The latest title to get Steamed is Silverfall: Earth Awakening, from Monte Cristo Games. Thanks to the Steam week deal, you can get it at 10% reduced price.

In this heroic fantasy world, play any one of the available six races and prepare yourself to confront an impressive array of creatures and formidable bosses to save the realm of Nelwë. Import your hero from Silverfall to Earth Awakening and keep your level, equipment and skills…or start the adventure from the beginning with a level 45 hero.

Probably the most unbelievable (not in literal terms) piece of gaming industry news you’ve heard. Ubisoft stole the Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 crack from the famed group RELOADED and allegedly released it as a No-CD fix for their D2D customers. Examining the .exe file revealed the “RELOADED” tag.

Bravo Ubisoft, you’ve outdone yourself in douchebaggery.

Valve has released an update for their Steam client. This update adds lots of improvements and adds PtT (Push-to-Talk) function.

Steam Client

• Improved cache defragmenter to both defragment at the OS level and internal files
• Improved defrag progress dialog
• Improved download status reporting in games list
• Increased background update frequency
• Improved voice quality
• Added audio recording device selection for voice chat
• Added push-to-talk support for voice chat
• Fixed apps getting stuck at Updating 0% when downloading
• Fixed possible crash when resuming from Standby mode
• Fixed Steam preventing some PC’s from entering Standby mode
• Fixed overlay sometimes getting stuck up and not responding to hot-keys after server join
• Fixed uninstalled apps becoming installed when viewing their Properties page after Steam restart

Audiosurf

• Fixed a crash bug introduced by the last update that could occur during server communications

Another update for GMod10.

Garry’s Mod

• Fixed crash when prop’s physics object couldn’t be created
• Fixed Team Fortress 2 blood overriding Half-Life 2 blood
• Fixed shotgun having wildly reduced damage
• Changed default jump height so you can jump on a crouched player
• Fixed not being able to override materials on clientside entities
• Fixed not seeing hunter blood in MP