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The number of people playing Pokemon Go every day has dropped by around 35 per cent from the game’s peak. Bloomberg reports that Axiom Capital Mangement data shows that daily active users peaked at around 44m in the middle of July. A month later that had dropped to around 29m. …
Read More »Nintendo is no longer the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners
Major League Baseball team the Seattle Mariners is no longer owned by Nintendo. The platform holder had held a majority stake in the outfit for almost a quarter of a century, but announced in April plans to offload its interest. GameSpot reports that the agreements have now been finalised, leaving …
Read More »Below delayed again, studio ‘going dark’ to finish project
Indie title Below is now without a release date. The game was revealed way back in 2013 as part of Microsoft’s E3 2013 Xbox One showcase. However, developer Capy has now said that it doesn’t have a planned release date and now plans to retreat from the limelight to get …
Read More »Xbox VR likely exclusive to Project Scorpio
Devs hoping to target Xbox gamers with virtual reality titles may have to build for upcoming higher-end hardware
Read More »Call of Duty World League Championship groups announced
The groups for the Call of Duty World League Championship have been announced and big names have been drawn against each other. Two of Europe’s best teams, Millennium and Splyce, will face off in group A, while American powerhouses FaZe Clan and Team eLevate will play in group E. The …
Read More »Harada says Tekken sexism criticism is ‘very ill-informed’
Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has said that criticism of the depiction of female characters in his games is unfair and does not take cultural variances into account. Harada has previously reacted angrily to unease at the sexually provocative way Tekken’s females are presented. Now the developer has told Eurogamer that …
Read More »Pokemon Go makes $200m in first month
Niantic’s Pokemon Go has completely blown away the month one performances of mobile’s former giants. That’s according to estimates from Sensor Tower, which estimates that worldwide Pokemon Go revenues passed $200m in the app’s first month of availability. To put that into perspective, that’s way ahead of Clash Royale. Supercell’s …
Read More »Pokevision creator appeals to Niantic to reverse tracking ban
The man behind Pokevision has, via an emotional open letter, urged Niantic to open the service back up to trackers. Niantic recently ordered Pokevision and similar services to cease operations, claiming in a letter to fans that this was primarily to improve server stability. However, at the same time it …
Read More »Ys Net hires original Shenmue director for third outing
Keiji Okayasu, the director of the first Shenmue, has joined Ys Net to work on the Kickstarted third entry in the beloved RPG franchise. Okayasu co-directed the Dreamcast 1999 original at Sega alongside Yu Suzuki, who founded Shenmue III developer Ys Net in 2008. He also ‘subdirected’ Shenmue II for …
Read More »$1,000,000 Gears of War Pro Circuit announced
Xbox and The Coalition have announced the Gears of War Pro Circuit, a $1,000,000 Gears of War 4 competition. Once Gears of War 4 launches later this year players can compete for Gears Pro Points in regional MLG GameBattles online ladders and in daily and weekly tournaments. Teams that get …
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