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Pastor Creflo Dollar, an American TV religious evangelist, has accused Pokemon of encouraging children to become gay. Dollar, according to Wikipedia, is the founder of Georgia’s non-denominational World Changers Church International. As spotted by GamePolitics, the finger was pointed at the Pokemon franchise in a report from French site Christian …
Read More »Tencent was 2014’s top-grossing public global games company
More money was ploughed into games made by Tencent in 2014 than those made by any other publisher. VentureBeat reports that Newzoo data showed that in FY 2014 Tencent’s games attracted revenues of $7.2bn. That’s up on 2013’s $5.3bn, which was also enough to see it top the rankings. It …
Read More »Sony had plans for Super Smash Bros, Uncharted, Metal Gear and BioShock films
A fresh bout of documents obtained from the 2014 Sony Pictures hack have been released by WikiLeaks, bringing with it fresh details about Sony Pictures’ gaming movie aspirations. It had previously been reported that Sony believed it was in with a shot of securing the rights to an animated Mario …
Read More »Nintendo hardware up year-on-year in the US
Both the 3DS and the Wii U have sold more so far in the US throughout 2015 than they had at this stage in 2014, the platform holder has said. Precise numbers haven’t been revealed, although the handheld is up 80 per cent year-on-year and the Wii U 20 per …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Xbox sales team pips PlayStation
Xbox UK has trumped rival PlayStation in the Sales Team category at this year’s MCV Awards. The outlet was revealed as the winner of the closely-fought prize at last night’s industry celebration. Chief among Xbox’s determining factors as the finest sales team of 2014 was its smart deal-making over the …
Read More »Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2 among new Sega 3D Classics announced for 3DS
Three new retro Sega titles have been confirmed for Sega’s 3D Classics selection on 3DS. July will see the release of 3D Streets of Rage 2, which as the name suggests is an adapted version of the 1993 Mega Drive side-scrolling fighter of the same name. In August Treasure’s 2D …
Read More »Splatoon director says voice chat omission was a design choice
Upcoming Wii U multiplayer shooter Splatoon is missing a key feature common the genre deliberately, its co-director has said. "When I played online games, I didn’t like the negativity I got and people telling me, ‘You’re crap, go away’," Yusuke Amano said in the latest edition of Edge magazine. So …
Read More »Angry Birds Go has shifted more copies than all Mario Kart games combined, Rovio boasts
Rovio Stockholm’s general manager has revealed that 2013’s Angry Birds Go has been acquired by more consumers than every Mario kart game combined. In a contentious tweet, Oskar Burman said that total sales of every Mario Kart title since the 1992 original Super Mario kart have totalled 106m. Angry Birds …
Read More »Opinion: Where did it all go wrong? OnLive users to lose all access to content
The closure of OnLive will leave many gamers without access to content they believed they own, as well as a totally useless piece of hardware. Those who subscribed to PlayPass will lose access to their library on April 30th, with all save data and achievements being wiped. Those who had …
Read More »Smite’s year-long bans on pro players are harsh, but fair
Five competitive Smite players have received professional suspensions of up to one year for account sharing, Hi-Rez Studios announced yesterday. The bans have affected players from four organisations in the Smite Pro League circuit, including two top-tier North American teams, Cognitive Gaming and Enemy eSports, and one European (Trig eSports). …
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