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US gamers who intend to buy the physical version of Blizzard’s Overwatch will be able to get their hands on the game a day early. The game officially launches on May 24th, but GameSpot reports that Best Buy has been informing its customers that they will be able to grab …
Read More »Xbox Live prices increased in six territories
Microsoft has confirmed that it is increasing the price of an Xbox Live Gold subscription in six territories across the world. Game Informer reports that South Africa, Sweden, Austria, Turkey, Hungary and Israel will all see price increases coming into effect on June 20th. The current R50 monthly fee in …
Read More »Oculus invests $1m into improving society through the use of VR
VR for Good initiative launches with two programmes aimed at filmmakers
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Read More »FC Schalke 04 buys into League of Legends with EU LCS team
FC Schalke 04, the German football club, has officially entered the world of League of Legends by buying a slot in the EU LCS. Rumours first circulated a few weeks ago, with speculation that the Bundesliga side would buy its way into the league through Elements, a team that had …
Read More »Dark Souls Board Game passes £3.5m as it enters final stretch on Kickstarter
It was after just 50k. Now the creators of Dark Souls: The Board Game have seen their funding pass the 3.5m mark as the venture reaches the final few hours of its Kickstarter. Funding currently stands at 3,564,906 with four hours to go. And that total is raising every minute, …
Read More »Nintendo hopes to release a movie in 2-3 years
Mario and Link could be making their way to a big screen near you as early as 2018. Nintendo Life reports that Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has said in a Japanese interview that while the company is still at an early stage in the process, and that no plans have …
Read More »Starbreeze partners with Acer for StarVR headset
It’s sometimes easy to forget that Oculus, Gear VR, Vive and PlayStation VR are far from the only players in the virtual reality headset market. Starbreeze announced the StarVR back at E3. Now it has revealed that Acer is its manufacturing partner. The pair will cooperate on the design, manufacturing, …
Read More »Clash Royale studio could be up for sale, report claims
The majority stake holder in Clash of Clans and Clash Royale creator Supercell is said to be weighing up the possibility of selling the mobile powerhouse. Bloombergreports that SoftBank has held talks with potential strategic buyers based in China” to sell its stake, although the talks were said to be …
Read More »Bandai Namco rolls back Dark Souls 3 patch designed to address hacking problem
A patch that was released to try and address hacking in the PC version of Dark Souls 3 has been revoked after it caused widespread freezing problems for players. Developer From Software last week updated the RPG to try and address the high-profile hacking of the game that led to …
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