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EA and Popcap’s surprise hit Plants vs Zombies shooter spinoff Garden Warfare will receive a sequel release in early 2016. PvZ Garden Warfare 2 will feature the 24-player Herbal Assault mode, 4 player co-op Graveyard Ops mode, a dozen new multiplayer maps, six new character classes, and over 100 unique …
Read More »Steam users migrating to Windows 10
It’s taken Windows 10 just three months to overtake Windows 8 in popularity among Steam’s active users, according to Valve’s latest hardware survey. Games Industryreports Steam’s October 2015 survey shows nearly 28 per cent of participating users have made the jump to Microsoft’s new operating system. That’s up 3 per …
Read More »Steam top ten: November 1-7
Pre-orders for Fallout 4 were able to hold off the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops III on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. Grand Theft Auto V finished behind in third, coming off of its controversial Halloween promotion, while Counter-Strike: Global Offensive rounded out the top five …
Read More »VIDEO: EA shows off new live-action Star Wars Battlefront trailer
EA has unveiled the latest tease for Star Wars Battlefront, which takes the idea of disappearing into the game quite literally. The publisher previously teamed up with PlayStation to do a live-action advert featuring the iconic X-Wing ship and bin-shaped robot R2-D2. This time, it’s Pitch Perfect, Into The Woods …
Read More »104 backwards-compatible games named for Xbox One
Microsoft has named the 104 Xbox 360 games that will be available via Xbox One’s backwards compatibility patch later this week. Missing from the list are the likes of Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto IV, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and assorted Call of Duties, all of which have …
Read More »Toys story: Pixel Toys’ Andy Wafer on making the move to mobile
Between them, Alex Zoro and Andy Wafer have an impressive CV. Zoro began his career at Rare, before co-founding DJ Hero studio Freestyle Games in 2002. Wafer, meanwhile, started off at Codemasters before moving over to Freestyle, where he did digital and online work for Activision in the UK. The …
Read More »Gfinity sells further shares after first annual financials show £3.6m loss
Gfinity held an accelerated sale of 1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of 3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from 213,450 to 560, 828, however losses had …
Read More »SteelSeries have moved an e-sports team into their HQ, and don’t they look thrilled about it
E-sports sponsorship deals have come a long way fromhiring Fatal1ty to apologetically hold up a motherboard– peripherals manufacturer SteelSeries have announced that they’ve moved the Winterfox CS:GO team into their Chicago HQ. There, they’ll train as normal in conjunction with SteelSeries staffers, and provide insight and feedback on new products. …
Read More »Overwatch is not going to be free-to-play
Many folk expected Blizzard’s upcoming team shooter Overwatch to be a free-to-play title. These folk were wrong. As well as revealing the game will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, the developer has also confirmed that the Standard Edition of the game on PC will …
Read More »How This Tech Company Benefits From ESports
Video game accessories company Mad Catz has worked with pro gamers to design eSports products and improve consumer gaming peripherals. The sales of video game controllers, headsets, steering wheels, fight sticks, PC keyboards, and mice is big business worldwide. The North American console and PC video game accessories and peripherals …
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