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A new US patent from Nintendo seems to suggest that a new system from the company – presumably the NX – can draw on other computing devices for additional processing power. Patent application 20150343306 describes a system where a unit described as the ‘game console’ can then connect – either …
Read More »Turner and WME | IMG to run a CS:GO championship with finals at CES
Turner Sports plans to expand its esports andCounter-Strikefootprint even further this winter. The American media company made headlines earlier this year after announcing it would run and televise aCounter-Strikeleague. Now the company, along with its partner, the international talent agency, WME | IMG, plans to run a separateCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveChampionship, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India and Russia pushed back to 2016
The two upcoming instalments in the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles series will not arrive until the start of 2016. Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India will be released on January 12th and then Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia on February 9th. The latter date will also see the release of …
Read More »First-ever Emotional Game Awards announced
Event celebrating ‘the most emotional video games’ to take place next February alongside 40-hour game jam
Read More »Capcom Pro Tour 2016 to boast ‘baseline’ $500K prize pool
In a presentation at the conclusion of Sunday’s Capcom Cup 2015,Street Fighterseries executive producer Yoshinori Ono announced the first details of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. With a baseline prize pool of half a million dollars, the tour next year will kick off on March 18 with Final Round in …
Read More »Street Fighter V ‘butt slap’ removed to avoid risk of offence
Capcom has said that some recent tweaks to Street Fighter V were born of its want for the game to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The developer yesterday said that it had made several gameplay changes to try and ensure the game is accessible for as many …
Read More »Valve’s HTC Vive VR won’t hit shelves until 2016
The virtual reality revolution has been delayed. With both PlayStation VR (formerly known as Project Morpheus) and Oculus Rift due out in the first half of 2016, Valve’s HTC-made Vive headset stood as the only of the big players scheduled for a limited release in 2015. With just days left …
Read More »Allu leaves Ninjas in Pyjamas
Aleksi "allu" Jalli has parted ways withNinjas in Pyjamas, just a few weeks before his contract was due to expire with the Swedish side. The lone Finnish player on the legendary SwedishCounter-Striketeam has departed the team following the Fragbite Masters Season 5 finals, that last event of 2015. Jalli initially …
Read More »Apple TV games reportedly making less than £70 a day
Big hitters seeing revenue dive weeks after launch
Read More »UPDATE: First official Fallout 4 update out now on PC, later this week for consoles
Update: The patch is out now for PS4, no word on an Xbox One release as of yet. Original story:Bethesda has updated Fallout 4 to version 1.2 on PC, with a console release planned for later this week. The official release is available now on Steam, adding a list of …
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