Discord’s game store is here to take a bite out of Steam

The popular gaming chat app wants to be the local bookstore to Steam’s Amazon. Discord hopes to claim a piece of the $29 billion digital PC game sales market by adding a store to its popular gaming chat app. The Discord Store Beta, which is launching today after a limited test run in Canada, mostly offers games from independent developers, though larger publisher THQ Nordic is on board as well. Subscribers to Discord’s Nitro service will also get free games along with their current chat-related perks. (That service is getting a somewhat-optional price hike from $5 per month to $10 per month.)Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Platinum Games is working on a new 'NieR' game for PS4

It's been five years since NieR last arrived on consoles, but at today's Square Enix E3 press conference, the publisher announced that a new title is in-development for the PlayStation 4. Fans of the franchise will be pleased to know that Platinum Ga... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Engadget Podcast: The fallout from Apple’s WWDC 2024 and Summer Game Fest

This week has felt like a month worth of news, now that we've wrapped up Apple's WWDC 2024 and Summer Game Fest in LA. In this episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss their final thoughts on Apple Intelligence and the company's upcoming software, and they chat about some of our coverage... Continue reading at Engadget

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New HUNGER GAMES Book Is Coming

Top book news stories include a new installment in the Hunger Games universe, Costco scaling back book sales, and more highbrow-raising layoffs in publishing. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Interactive Storytelling in Three Recent Video Games, by Serena Middleton

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The Morning After: Preparing for Summer Games Fest 2024

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Full Steam Ahead for Amazon in Strong First Quarter

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Creativity and Cuervo: On Growing Up in My Family’s Liquor Store

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YouTuber Dunkey’s publishing company is releasing its first game on May 9

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Why publishers are hesitant to add their chatbots to OpenAI’s GPT Store

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