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Valve buys mysterious ‘Steam Static’ domain

Steam Static

It’s been more than a month since Valve officially announced its Steam gaming machines.  Though the Steam Machine isn’t scheduled to be launched until 2014, more details continue to emerge with a first look at Valve’s Steam Machine prototype being revealed this past week.

To make things a bit more interesting, Valve has registered the domain name SteamStatic.com.

The name was privately registered through Network Solutions earlier this month, but the WHOIS record clearly shows Valve Corporation as the registrant.  The only information that is marked private is contact information like the email address.

SteamStatic.com also switched domain servers to VALVESOFTWARE.com in the past 24 hours, however, it does not resolve to a website at the time of this story.

Valve has made no official announcement, so for now, Steam Static will remain a mystery.

Talking about this story: Game Informer, destructoid and VG247

(Image of Steam Machines via STEAM)

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As talk of Final Fantasy VII remake heats up, Square gets FinalFantasyviiPC.com

Final Fantasy VII

There’s been a lot of talk recently about remaking Final Fantasy VII, which was first released back in 1997.  Though the game set several sales records and received widespread acclaim, character designer Tetsuya Nomura recently said new titles take precedence over remakes.

That still hasn’t stopped Square Enix this week from registering the domain name FinalFantasyviiPC.com.

The domain was registered on June 15, 2012, according to Whois records.  Although the name had been registered before to Tippo Pasha a resident of Norway, it appears to have expired back in 2010.

Considering Square hasn’t confirmed a remake is in the works, the purchase of the name may be nothing more than the company protecting its intellectual property.

At the time of this story, the domain name doesn’t resolve to a web page.

[UPDATE June 21, 2012:. A leaked product description suggests a new edition of Final Fantasy VII could be on its way to Steam.]

Talking about this story: VR-Zone, elotrolado.net, The Tech Report, LLC, Gematsu, Final Fantasy Ring and NeoGAF

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Electronic Arts readying Origin API for developers? Registers origin-api.com

Origin API

Last week Electronic Arts said it planned to host third-party content on Origin, its direct download service that lets you purchase and play EA games.  The move would better position Origin to compete with services like Steam that offer third party titles.

While no word on titles or availability has been given, Electronic Arts has registered the domain name origin-api.com, in a possible move to release something like a Steamworks API, to help developers with developing and publishing a game or mod on Origin.

Origin-api.com was registered on Friday, September 16, 2011 and doesn’t resolve to a web site at the time of this posting.

Registrant:
      Electronic Arts Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      209 Redwood Shores Parkway
      Redwood City, CA 94065
      US
      Email:

   Registrar Name….: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
   Registrar Whois…: whois.corporatedomains.com
   Registrar Homepage: www. cscprotectsbrands.com

   Domain Name: origin-api.com

      Created on…………..: Fri, Sep 16, 2011
      Expires on…………..: Sun, Sep 16, 2012
      Record last updated on..: Fri, Sep 16, 2011

   Administrative,Technical Contact:
      Electronic Arts Inc.
      Domain Administrator
      209 Redwood Shores Parkway
      Redwood City, CA 94065
      US
      Email:

   DNS Servers:

   swdns.ea.com
   sedns.ea.com