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GAMURS, the self-proclaimed ‘Facebook for Gamers,’ today announced the acquisition of esports news companies eSports Nation and eSports Guru. GAMURS, founded by Riad Chikhani and Halim Yoo on Apr. 15, 2015, with a $350,000 seed funding, aims to collate all relevant content into one page” and offers social connectivity features …
Read More »What do CS:GO’s uncharted regions hold?
In November of last year, there were three Chinese CS:GO teams; CyberZen, Born Of Fire and TyLoo. While one of these names is now well known, after TyLoo pulled the greatest upset in CS:GO at this month’s DreamHack Malmo by defeating the recently crowned MLG Columbus champions Luminosity Gaming, none …
Read More »This is how lag is affecting South East Asian gaming in Dota 2
That is absolutely true, In the world of online gaming, every millisecond counts.” If you are an ardent gamer, you would find truth and wisdom in these words. For Dota 2 SEA community, the largest Dota 2 community in South-East Asia, these golden words sum up all the frustration and …
Read More »Rovio: Angry Birds will be bigger than ever before
Finnish games giant Rovio is spending millions to make Angry Birds a smash hit once again. Today (Thursday April 28th), the firm is launching Angry Birds Action, a new free-to-play pinball arcade title for smartphones that ties in with the upcoming Angry Birds animated movie, which arrives in the UK …
Read More »Over 4,000 people sign up for Street Fighter V tournament at EVO
More than 4,000 people have signed up for the Street Fighter V tournament taking place at this year’s EVO. The event, which is due to take place between July 15th to 17th in Las Vegas, will feature many tournaments for multiple fighting games, but Street Fighter V is set to …
Read More »iPhone sales fall for the first time, leading to revenue dip
For the first time ever, Apple has seen a year-on-year decline in quarterly iPhone sales. The blow has been accompanied by a decline in revenues for the first time since 2003. For the quarter ending March 26th, Apple sold 51.2m iPhones. That’s well down on the 10m sold in the …
Read More »Nintendo says it could continue manufacturing Wii U for another two years
It has slashed its sales estimates and has virtually nothing on its release schedule, but Nintendo reckons Wii U manufacturing could continue for another two years. President Tatsumi Kimishima today told investors, as per Reuters and the BBC, that Wii U production could cease by March 2018. That’s a year …
Read More »Dark Souls ‘is over’ to Miyazaki, new IP already underway
The creator of Dark Souls and From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has one again said that Dark Souls 4 is not on the cards. Dark Souls 3 will be have several DLCs like previous games. But there’s absolutely no plan right now for any sequels, spin-offs or tie-ins,” he said …
Read More »Curve, Soedesco, Green Man Gaming and more on the hunt for indie games at next week’s Interface
This year’s Interface line-up has been bolstered by the addition of Green Man Gaming, Curve Digital and Soedesco. The companies join major UK publishing names already confirmed for the event, including Sega, Channel 4, Plug In Digital and KISS, who are all looking to find the next independent hit. Green …
Read More »‘Complete rewrite’ needed to fix The Division on PC
A multiplayer shooter development veteran has questioned whether Ubisoft can ever fix the PC version of The Division without completely rewriting the game. The game has been getting lots of press in recent weeks over the growing plague of cheaters and exploits. Now former Sony, Respawn, Irrational and Pandemic dev …
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