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Publisher EA has launched a PC version of its Access subscription service. EA Access debuted on Xbox One in 2014. For 3.99 per month gamers are given unlimited access to a growing catalogue of titles. Now PC gamers are able to get involved with the access via EA’s Origin PC …
Read More »GamesRadar+ hit 11.3m users in December
Future’s GamesRadar+ has smashed its monthly user records in December 2015 with 11.3m people visiting the website. This is the second record-breaking month in a row after the site hit 9.8m unique users during November 2015. Furthermore, this growth in December represents a 29 per cent year-on-year growth over the …
Read More »Inaugural Vision VR/AR Awards announce finalists
Radial Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Kai and Tony Davidson tipped for Best VR Experience prize
Read More »Cineplex launches national video game tournament to capitalise on eSports trend
Cineplex has launched its first national video game tournament in hopes of capitalizing on the growing popularity of competitive gaming to help fill seats at its countrywide chain of theatres. The company’s foray into gaming tournaments is aimed at a younger demographic being pulled away from movie theatres by mobile …
Read More »Flappy Bird creator partners with Obokaidem for new game
Vietnamese indie and Japanese developer of Pick-Xell working on ‘N Project’
Read More »GAME’s share price up 8% as New Year sales improve
GAME’s share price has improved slightly – up 8 per cent – after the retailer said its Christmas and New Year’s sales were not as bad as it feared. Sales trends improved for the three-week period ending January 9th, 2016, with transactions down 0.4 per cent. The retailer now repeats …
Read More »GameStop reports Christmas growth
Global video games retailer GameStop has said that like-for-like store sales for the nine weeks ending January 2nd were up 4.4 per cent. That represents 4.9 per cent growth in the US and 3.9 per cent internationally. Total global sales grew 1.8 per cent to $2.99bn, up from last year’s …
Read More »Release date confirmed for Homefront: The Revolution
Yes, the rumours were correct. Deep Silver has announced that Homefront: The Revolution will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC in the UK on May 20th. It will arrive in the US on May 17th. A couple of retail ‘leaks’ had already appeared to have pointed to a …
Read More »Alton Towers announces VR ride Galactica
UK theme park Alton Towers has announced a new roller coaster that has its passengers wearing a virtual reality headset. Simulation rides have been around for yonks, but Galactica will be the first to combine an actual rollercoaster with a virtual reality experience. Passengers will lay face down and experience …
Read More »Ratchet & Clank will release one week before Uncharted 4
Ratchet & Clank will release slightly later in the UK than previously thought. Sony has said the PS4 platformer will arrive in the UK on April 22nd. Surprisingly, that’s just a week before the release of Sony’s Uncharted 4 on April 29th. Of course, the crossover between the game’s audiences …
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