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The biggest event in the global video games business is just 10 weeks away – are you registered yet? The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the three-day, must-attend event at which the global video game industry unites to reveal the future of games. It runs from June 10thto June 12that the …
Read More »Mobile now account for half of Japanese games market as sector nearly doubles
A new report claims that smartphone gaming now account for around 50 per cent of Japan’s total video games market. Serkantoto says that data from CyberZ says that of the total $10.8bn annual Japanese games spend in 2013, around $5.4bn of this was spent on mobile games. Furthermore, that’s up …
Read More »Digital Wars Online Season 2 Dota 2 tournament announced
eSports Interactive Entertainment’s Digital Wars Online Season 2 will take place over two weeks in April. Season 2 will once again focus on Dota 2, with the tournament kicking off on 5th April and concluding on 20th April. Registration is free and currently underway at the eSports Interactive Entertainment community …
Read More »UPDATED: Call of Duty: Ghosts online tournaments for PS3, Xbox 360 announced
UPDATE: We’ve been informed by ILG that the prizes will not be cash, but in the form of merchandise and other goodies. Original story: Indian Leage Gaming is set to conduct online tournaments for Call of Duty: Ghosts across Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 tournament will take place …
Read More »GDC 2014 sees record attendance, 2015 dates set
Last week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco saw more than 24,000 attendees, conference organizer UBM Tech Game Network has announced. GDC 2013 brought in more than 23,000 individuals last year, so the figure is a new record. The origins of the event date back over 25 years to the …
Read More »Essential guide to UK video games creatives returns in July
MCV’s bumper-sized directory of key UK games agencies and services returns in July. Now called Game Source, it will be published as a book with a print-run of 25,000 and available as a free digital book on iPad and in-browser, it will also be distributed at key events around the …
Read More »Dark Souls II debuts at No.1 in Japan as PS4 retains hardware lead
Cult RPG game Dark Souls II has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts, the latest Famitsu sales data has revealed. Namco Bandai’s game sold 256,701 units on PS3 in its first week – that’s seven times more than its closest rival Youkai Watch on 3DS. PS4 remains the …
Read More »Chromecast arrives in the UK
UK shoppers can from today officially get their hands on the Google Chromecast. It works by plugging into the HDMI slot in your HD TV and streaming video content from either a PC running Chrome or an Android or iOS device. It doesn’t ship with a remote and is instead …
Read More »Codemasters and Namco Bandai extend distribution deal
Namco Bandai will continue distributing Codemasters games throughout 2014. The deal, which is an extension of the existing agreement, covers only Codemasters titles for 2014 released both physically and digitally in Europe, North America and South America. The sale of titles on Steam and certain other digital retailers is not …
Read More »Last few tickets remaining for next week’s PCR Awards
The PCR Awards 2014 are next week – but don’t despair, there are a small number of places still available for the PC and tech trade’s gathering. It all happens on Thursday March 13that the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. Single tickets are 205, and a table of ten is …
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