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Sony has revealed that it sold 17.7m PS4 consoles in its last financial year. That number was better than forecast and represents PS4’s best year yet. That brings total sell in for the machine to 40m units, Twitter’s ZhugeEX calculates. At the same stage in its lifecycle, the PS2 had …
Read More »Peter Moore, Robbie Bach and Chris Lewis discuss the birth of Xbox 360 in this week’s free MCV
In today’s free MCV, we speak to the creators of Xbox 360 as Microsoft ceases production on the iconic console. In the meantime, we speak to Rovio’s CCO Alex Lambeek about the return of Angry Birds: with a new game, an animated movie and deals with brands such as LEGO …
Read More »Nintendo selling stake in Seattle Mariners baseball team
The American branch of platform holder Nintendo is to sell its majority stake in Seattle baseball team the Mariners. That’s according to the Seattle Times, which reports that Nintendo will retain a 10 per cent stake in the baseball team. The rest of its holdings will be sold to First …
Read More »CEVO Gfinity Season 9 LAN Finals kick off today
The CEVO Gfinity Season 9 LAN Finals begin later today at the Gfinity arena in London. The tournament will see some of the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams in the world battle it out for a share of the $125,000 prize pool, over the course of the next four days. …
Read More »Looking back on a great weekend of pro Street Fighter V
This past weekend was one of the busiest for the FGC in recent memory, with four high profile events taking place all around the world. Two Capcom Pro Tour Ranking events, and two well-produced and far-reaching invitationals. Red Bull gives Big Bird his wings The Red Bull Kumite was the …
Read More »Blizzard on developing Overwatch for 2 different gaming communities
Blizzard at PAX East 2016 debuted to the public the console version of its new team-based hero shooter Overwatch, which has been in closed beta on PC for several months. PAX East attendees stood in line for hours to play either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One versions of the …
Read More »Social network GAMURS has acquired eSports Nation, GoldPer10, and eSports Guru
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 …
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