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ESL has announced a new 24/7 eSports TV channel that is due to launch in May. Known as esportsTV, the channel will feature ESL’s core competitions and tournaments including ESL One, the Intel Extreme Masters and the ESL Pro League. The channel will run 24 hours a day, seven days …
Read More »Earnings down 61% at Nintendo
With what appears to be a tough year ahead, Nintendo’s financial performance for the year just ended may worry investors. The company’s earnings fell 60.6 per cent to under $150m for the year ending March 31st 2016. Revenue fell eight per cent to just over $4.5bn. For the coming year …
Read More »Women In Games Awards: Meet The Finalists – Outstanding Contribution
The Women in Games award for Outstanding Contribution will be given to the individual who has made positive contributions to the commercial success and public profile of the games industry. The judges have now cast their votes and the winner will be celebrated at the Women in Games Awards event …
Read More »Julian Gollop’s new game will be a cross between old and new XCOM
The upcoming PC strategy game Phoenix Point will merge the gameplay of the new XCOM titles, with those from the 1990s. That’s the one piece of information that creator Julian Gollop shared with MCV whilst reminiscing about the origins of the series. Gallop was part of the team that created …
Read More »CyberConnect2 to open Montreal studio, self-publish next game
‘I believe there are still many foreigners that would like to have a shot at Japanese-style creativity, says president and CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama
Read More »Report: This year’s Call of Duty called Infinite Warfare, includes Modern Warfare remaster
It appears that there could be more than one Call of Duty game launching this year. This year’s release in Activision’s shooter franchise could also be called Infinite Warfare. That’s according to a Reddituser– as reported by Videogamer – who spotted a listing for ‘Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’ on …
Read More »Miitomo smashes 10m downloads globally
More than 10m people worldwide have signed up to Miitomo,Nintendo’s first foray into the mobile games space. This was announced as part of the platform holder’s financial report today – the firm also announced this news via Twitter (below). Nintendo has also revealed that over 300 million conversations have taken …
Read More »Nintendo estimates only 800k Wii U sales this year
Internal forecasts for the Wii U in Nintendo’s current financial year point to a possible cancellation for the hardware. Nintendo says it expects to sell just 800,000 units in the 12 months ending March 31st 2017. That compares to sales of 3.2m units for the machine in the financial year …
Read More »HTC launches $100m Vive X VR accelerator
Hubs in San Francisco, Beijing and Taipei to offer help from experts, investment, mentorship and other support services
Read More »Hearthstone hits 50m players as Whispers of the Old Gods launches
As a brand new expansion launches for Hearthstone, Blizzard has revealed that over 50 million people are registered for the free-to-play card game. This was announced by Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime in a blog post on Activision Blizzard’s investor relations portal, and indicates that 20 million people have …
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