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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 …
Read More »Boyes joins Iron Galaxy as CEO
Former PlayStation VP of third-party relations Adam Boyes has joined Killer Instinct developer Iron Galaxy as the studio’s new CEO. Boyes announced that he was leaving Sony after four yearsearlier this month, saying at the time that he would be looking to make a return to independent development. In his …
Read More »Nintendo NX: The pros and cons of a transforming portable
We finally have a pretty firm idea of what Nintendo has in store for the upcoming NX. As revealed by an extensive pair of reports from Eurogamer yesterday, the console is a portable/home system hybrid. The unit has an integrated screen with a controller plugged into either end. When on …
Read More »NX is a portable console with detachable controllers, report claims
Nintendo’s NX, according to new reports, IS a portable console that can hook up to a TV. Eurogamer says it has word from a number of sources that the NX is a high-power portable console with its own integrated display. It adds that the device has an attachable controller at …
Read More »Telltale’s Batman will introduce online multiplayer
Batman: The Telltale Series will bring with it the studio’s first stab at adding multiplayer to its successful narrative game design model. Shacknews reports that the game will introduce a new mode called Crowd Play. Although not formally announced as of yet, it was shown off over the weekend at …
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