I came in for some pretty heavy flak for my article on the risk to PC gaming that Steam’s de facto monopoly poses. Perhaps the most cogently argued piece came from Andrew at Systemic Babbler (Steam is...

Back on 13 May, Nicholas wrote a post slamming the Facebook game N.O.V.A. ELITE for having a minimum specification, control layout sheet and loud music. All cardinal sins, he argued, of a social game. I disagreed with...

I spent a couple of hours today talking to students at London South Bank University. These are the people who will be the Miyamotos and Molyneuxs of the future, so it was great to talk to them....

I have spent the last few days genuinely puzzled over a story that UK retailers are threatening to “demand that publishers remove Steam from their games, or they will not sell them in any form.” MCV broke...

I’ve some good (and not so good) comments on my post Five reasons why Steam will destroy PC gaming. Peter Boivin, a US anti-trust attorney, provided a thoughtful counter-argument. It was so relevant I thought I would...

In the feedback for How to Publish a Game, one element stood out. I had suggested that it made sense for a developer making PC games to work hard to get on all the distribution platforms. Not...

Steam continues to make massive strides in bringing high-quality downloadable content to the masses. Their latest innovation is the the “arrival of in-game downloadable content”. Purchased through the in-game browser, it allows users to purchase additional content...