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The League of Legends World Championship finals are to be simulcast by the European Gaming League at London’s O2 arena at the end of this month. League’s climactic ending to this year’s season has already begun with the group stages in Paris, and is soon to head onto the quarter-finals …
Read More »Monkey Island among a number of smartphone games killed off by Disney
Disney Interactive has officially ‘retired’ a huge number of iOS and Android games. By ‘retiring’ them’ it means affected titles will no longer receive content updates or support, and there will be no refunds for any in-game expenditure players may have invested over the years. Games of note include The …
Read More »Nintendo drops out of best Global Brands 100 list
Apple has again topped Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list, although gaming icon Nintendo has failed to feature for first time ever. The Wii U and 3DS platform holder just scraped into the 2014 listings in 100th place having featured 67th and 56th in the two previous years. Interbrand Japan CEO …
Read More »Dedicated Steam section coming to GAME stores
Valve has announced that areas dedicated to Steam will be present in GAME stores in the UK this Christmas. The games firm says these will feature Steam hardware, such as the upcoming Stream Machines, Steam Link and Steam Controller, as well as digital cards. This hardware will be exclusive to …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V now offers insurance microtransactions
Offering players the chance to pay real-world cash for in-game insurance is just about bonkers enough to feel absolutely fitting for a Metal Gear Solid game. Konami has announced that a game update released today (Tuesday October 6th) allows players to purchase an ‘FOB Insurance Service’. A player’s in-game Forward …
Read More »The Crew developer Ivory Tower acquired by Ubisoft
Ubisoft has acquired The Crew developer Ivory Tower. The studio had already been working with several Ubisoft studios, including Reflections, on the racing game for a number of years.The studio, based in Lyon, France, houses 100 staff. It is currently continuing work on The Crew with a new expansion called …
Read More »Microtransactions are coming to Destiny
Bungie’s shooter Destiny is to shortly begin offering microtransactions to players. As of Tuesday October 13th NPC vendor Tess Everis will return fronting an organisation known as the Eververse Trading Company. To begin with 18 new emotes will be available for an as of yet unspecified price. Items can be …
Read More »CD Projekt Red: ‘Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3’
Cyberpunk 2077, the next game from The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, is the biggest title the studio has ever made. The sci-fi-flavoured RPGwas originally announced back in 2012, but the Polish outlet has remained quiet on specificities of the project since. Now it has been revealed that the title …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Malaysia
Although Malaysia boasts one of the healthiest economies in Asia, its games market was initially slow to gain momentum. This was exacerbated by a lack of local studios and publishers, a dearth of skilled labour and the apparent disinterest from Western companies, local blogger Manoj Prasad wrote in 2012. Gaming …
Read More »Far Cry: Primal is taking Ubisoft’s shooter to the Ice Age
A mysterious new Ubisoft game teased slowly via a livestream has been prematurely revealed as a brand new Far Cry. Yesterday, Ubisoft started to stream on YouTube an image of a cave painting (below), with no other details to suggest what the reveal might be. But the slow unveiling was …
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