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Developer Gearbox has said that its new multiplayer shooter Battleborn is off to a steady” start that that it hopes lays the foundation for bigger sales in the future. Cautiously optimistic,” creative director Randy Varnell said on Twitch when asked how the studio felt about the game’s release. The launch …
Read More »Initial details on the World eSports Association leak
Initial details on the World eSports Association have been leaked ahead of an official announcement on Friday. Late yesterday an image, which has since been deleted but can be seen here, popped up on Imgur that showed a poster for the World eSports Association featuring the logos of many large …
Read More »Keywords now a Microsoft-authorized Xbox tester
A Keywords article that’s NOT about an acquisition? What’s going on?
Read More »Bleszinski invests in crowdfunding platform Fig
New crowdfunding platform Fig has revealed it has received support from another notable developer: Cliff Bleszinski. The man best known for creating Gears of War has invested in the platform and offered help to set up new projects – when he’s not developing his new studio’s debut title Lawbreakers, of …
Read More »Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 won’t cannibalise one another, EA insists
The first person shooter market is large enough to sustain both of EA’s Q4 releases – and their competitors – later this year. That’s according to EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who was pressed on whether there were concerns about possible sales cannibalisation in an investor call. This is a giant …
Read More »Riot bans three League of Legends teams
Riot has banned three teams from its League of Legends competitions and handed one team owner a permanent ban. Team Impulse, Renegades and Team Dragon Knights have all been banned from the LCS and must now sell their slots in the league. Both Renegades and Team Impulse competed in the …
Read More »Interview: Perfectly Paranormal on Manual Samuel
Imagine a game in which your character doesn’t even know how to breathe by himself. He doesn’t know how to stand, walk, put on pants, brush his teeth or even blink. Well, meet Sam, the hero of Perfectly Paranormal’s Manual Samuel. After being hit – and killed – by a …
Read More »Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem will be free-to-play on smartphone
Nintendo has confirmed that its next two smartphone titles will be free-to-play. Smartphone outings for Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem were confirmed last month. Now Wall Street Journal reports that both DeNA chief executive Isao Moriyasu and a Nintendo spokesperson have confirmed that both will be free to download. Nintendo’s …
Read More »‘Multiple buyers’ reportedly wanted to purchase Lionhead – but Microsoft wouldn’t let Fable go
’90 per cent’ of interested parties walked away when Microsoft refused to sell Fable IP, sources claim
Read More »Stellaris breaks Paradox revenue record with 200,000 day one sales
Space strategy title Stellaris has been an instant hit for publisher Paradox Interactive. The game has in its first 24 hours on sale sold over 200,000 units. That’s actually slightly short of the 250k copies sold by Paradox’s former release Cities: Skylines, but Stellaris’ higher price means that it represents …
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