Mac

Mac headlines

• New games releasing this week: August 7 - August 13

  Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Lawbreakers, a new Batman series and West of Loathing. A busy week.

• Steam has seen 27 million new users flock to the service since January 2016

  Since January of last year, Steam has attracted 27 million new users.

• Total War: Warhammer players are getting 30 Regiments of Renown - one for each year of Creative Assembly's existence

  Total War: Warhammer players are being gifted with 30 new Regiments of Renown.

• Stardew Valley multiplayer details emerge, beta test coming to Steam at the end of 2017

  Chucklefish has provided some information on the multiplayer portion of Stardew Valley.

• StarCraft 2 is kind of why Twitch exists (and also is 7 years old this week)

  StarCraft 2 gave us one of the mainstays of modern Internet culture. Huh.

• The Elder Scrolls: Legends goes mobile with Android and iPhone release

  The Elder Scrolls: Legends is now available for the mobile crowd.

• Here's a trailer to remind you to pay to play Fortnite now even though it will be free next year

  Fortnite is a free-to-play game but you can spend money on it to jump the queue.

• World of Warcraft legacy server shut down by cease and desist letter just 5 hours after launch

  Blizzard’s unpredictable eagles strike again.

• The Wolf Among Us 2, The Walking Dead: The Final Season coming in 2018, Batman: The Enemy Within out in August

  Telltale Games has announced The Wolf Among Us 2 is coming in 2018 The Walking Dead: The Final Season. The firm also announced an August release for Batman: The Enemy Within.

• Get Batman, Minecraft, Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands cheap in new Telltale Humble Bundle

  Humble Bundle and Telltale have some rad games for you.

• StarCraft 2 "war chests" introduce skins, decals, sprays and more, help fund esports prize pool

  StarCraft 2 is getting – well, they’re boxes of loot, but don’t think of them as loot boxes.

• XCOM 2: War of the Chosen gameplay video provides a walkthrough of the Lost and Abandoned mission

  2K and Firaxis Games have a released a gameplay walkthrough for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen.

• Play Steam games in 4K on your fancy telly with the new Steam Link app for recent Samsung TVs

  Steam Link, without the extra hardware? I’m listening.

• Paradox reimbursing customers affected by May price increase with choice of free game or DLC

  Paradox Interactive will hand out a free game or DLC, depending upon the customer’s choice, as compensation for recent price increases.

• Mount & Blade: Warband's best mods and where to get them

  Waiting for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlords? Stop twiddling your thumbs and give some of these Warband mods a whirl.

• Steam Summer Sale 2017 ends this week: here's our pick of the best shooters on PC

  The Steam Summer Sale is a great opportunity to pick up some of the best shooters available.

• The best Steam Summer Sale deals: VG247's list of the best games on sale

  We trawl the sale so that you don’t have to.

• Buy anything from GOG's weekly sale, get a free game - 3 free games, technically

  GOG’s latest promotion offers steep discounts and a nice little bonus.

• Paradox to roll back price increases on current titles, but is unable to for games included in the Steam Summer Sale

  After quite a bit of push back, Paradox Interactive has rolled back price increases which went into effect starting in May.