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Read More »Call of Duty pre-orders UP year-on-year
Video game pre-orders are on the decline, but Activision says that Call of Duty: Black Ops III pre-orders are bucking the trend. Specifically, it says that pre-orders for its upcoming shooter – which comes out this Friday (November 6th) are better than those placed for its predecessor Advanced Warfare. We …
Read More »Halo 5 ‘smashes record with biggest Halo launch in history’, says Microsoft
Microsoft has said that the launch of Halo 5: Guardians is the biggest in the franchise’s history. Seeing as the game has the smallest UK launch sales for any main numbered entry in the series to date, however, how has the game achieved this? One week after launching worldwide, Halo …
Read More »Mineski making comeback to International after match-fixing scandal
Mineski will be flying to Los Angeles for The Summit 4 after winning against Fnatic in the finals of the Southeast Asian Qualifiers. They will fly to Los Angeles to compete with the other international teams for the main event with over $100,000 (P4.6 million). This will be the return …
Read More »$30,000 Hearthstone Tournament Heading to Insomnia 56
Multiplay are pulling out all the stops to make sure their first event at the NEC is a success by hosting a massive $30,000Hearthstonetournament featuring some of the biggest names in the world. Read more at Godisageek >>>
Read More »Brothers in arms: React Games talks on making its home console debut and the state of local multiplayer
React Games has been incredibly busy since its inception in November 2008. It started off by remaking EA’s classic strategy game Archon for iPhone and PC. And that’s just one of 26 titles the firm has released. It’s made LEGO Star Wars on Facebook, as well as How to Train …
Read More »Sony dates £78 in-ear PS4 headset
A new set of official headphones will soon be released for PS4. Sony’s In-ear Stereo Headset will be arrive on December 4th in the UK and will have a quite significant RRP of 77.99 in the UK and €89.99 in Europe. The European release date is December 9th. Features include …
Read More »Games on Song returns next month
GamesAid’s Games on Song choir is returning this December for its second Christmas concert. Over 30 members of the games industry have signed up to take part in the festive event, which takes place on Wednesday December 16th at 7:30pm. A mixture of traditional and Christmas carols will make up …
Read More »God Eater rules Japanese charts in Top Ten free of Halo 5
In a contrast to the UK’s Halo-ruled rankings, Japan’s retail charts were last week dominated by home-grown titles from the territory. The only Western title to make the Top Ten was the debut of sports game NBA 2K16, which achieved seventh place, according to the latest data from Famitsu. Both …
Read More »Skyrim has already been ported to Xbox One
Highly popular RPG The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is already up and running – but a release is far from certain. That’s because the game was ported as part of the development of Fallout 4 in an effort to get Bethesda Game Studios up to speed with working on Microsoft’s …
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