Terraria Nearly Dethrones Modern Warfare 3 on Steam
Terraria Nearly Dethrones Modern Warfare 3 on Steam
Posted 12/07/2011 at 12:13am
| by Nathan Grayson
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It's a brave new PC gaming world, and -- to be perfectly honest -- we're pretty OK with it. PC Gamer's been examining Steam's graphs through the unfaltering lens of scrutiny, and it's discovered a back-and-forth, Balrog-worthy battle between Modern Warfare and its fiercest natural rival: Terraria. Wait, what? Well, for one thing, Battlefield 3's not actually on Steam, but even still, this is pretty impressive. MW3 and Terraria have spent the past week nearly neck-and-neck for second place (Skyrim's got first, of course) on Steam's most-played list, with both peaking at around the 55,000-60,000 concurrent player range. Granted, the Minecraft-influenced 2D platformer's riding a nice boost from its massive 1.1 update, but that does little to dull the sheen on this accomplishment. After all, Terraria's running on word-of-mouth, while MW3 has one of the biggest ad budgets in gaming history. David and Goliath, we believe you just got upstaged.
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steevonson
December 07, 2011 at 12:53pm
I expect the 1.2 update for Terraria to dethrone MW4. Seriously if Re-logic asks me for more money, they've got it.
LatiosXT
December 07, 2011 at 9:02am
If you're into a sandbox game that's more sandbox like than GTA or Saint's Row, it's very easy to pour hours into this game. Simple premise, simplistic way to play it. I'd play Minecraft, but this one is fun enough for me.
Ridnarhtim
December 07, 2011 at 2:31am
The amount of content that came with 1.1, Activision would have spread over 3 expansion packs costing a good $10-15 each. Re-Logic are simply amazing!
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