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Retailer GAME has made another big eSports purchase, this time in Spain. A little under a year ago GAME swooped to acquire Multiplay for 20m. Now it has reached an agreement to acquire SocialNAT for an undisclosed sum. SocialNAT has over 150k registered users. It organised the eSports activities at …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda writer Schlerf joins Bungie
Chris Schlerf has announced that he has joined Destiny developer Bungie. Schelrf was the lead writer on 343 Industries’ Halo 4 before joining BioWare as lead writer for the in-development Mas Effect: Andromeda. To confirm what some folks asked about a few months back, I am no longer working on …
Read More »Threes! creator forms Sirvo Studios, reveals first game
Guildlings is a ‘mobile fantasy adventure’ set for release next year
Read More »Dark Souls being added to Xbox One backwards compatibility
One of the last generation’s most celebrated releases appears to be heading to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list for Xbox One. As spotted by Reddit, the listing for Dark Souls 3 on the Australian Xbox store revealed that buyers will receive a backwards compatible version of the cherished Dark …
Read More »Mega Bloks grabs Destiny license too
Mattel-owned Mega Bloks has grabbed itself another gaming license – Activision’s Destiny. Last week it was reported that a new range of Halo Mega Bloks was on the way as part of a larger deal with Microsoft. Not it has been revealed that Destiny toys are also on the way …
Read More »Rodeo Games disbands after poor sales of Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch
The Guildford-based studio behind Warhammer strategy titles Quest and Deathwatch has closed after its latest title failed to take off. Despite warm review scores for Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch, the game struggled to find an audience, resulting in the death of the mobile developer. I and the majority of the team …
Read More »Luffy signs with Red Bull ahead of SFV release
Just days before the launch ofStreet Fighter V, and the beginning of the2016 Capcom Pro Tour(CPT),Red Bullhas signed the biggest free agent in the fighting game world. EVO2014Ultra Street Fighter IVchampion Olivier Luffy” Hay of Franceannouncedon Saturday that he has signed with the energy drink company’s team. The terms of …
Read More »Consumable in-app purchases only generate 35% of mobile revenue
Single-use item that removes ads from a game is brought by more than half of players, but only contributes one per cent of income
Read More »VR and eSports: a match made in heaven?
It’s theLeague of LegendsWorld Championships Quarter Finals, and I am surrounded by over 10,000 otherLoLfans inside of Wembley Arena. Origen (one of only two European teams competing) are about to emerge victorious in their matchup against the Flash Wolves and as the nexus falls the entire arena leaps to its …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Distribution Team
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Distribution Team category Advantage Part of the Centresoft family, Advantage Distribution is a multi-channel supplier, distributing thousands of parcels each week for next day delivery to …
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