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IO has announced that it will be delaying its latest Hitman title until March of next year. On its official website, the developer said that this has been done so that more content can be included with the game’s initial launch. This new Hitman game was being launched digitally, with …
Read More »Nvidia’s full-size GTX 980 graphics card is coming to laptops
The days of watered-down laptop graphics cards could soon be at an end. Nvidia is bringing its flagship GTX 980 GPU to a number of notebook devices. That’s right – the full-size, desktop GTX 980, rather than the laptop-friendly 980M offshoot that launched last year. What this means in practice …
Read More »CS:GO league outlaws teams displaying betting site sponsors in-game
North America’s largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league has banned teams from displaying betting site sponsors in-game. The ESEA, who partner with ESL to provide the Pro League, issued a statement yesterday regarding teams who receive sponsorship from betting sites that deal with cosmetic in-game items. The statement, posted on the …
Read More »Calls for LoL team sanctions after owner involved in drug price gouge
The owner of League of Legends team Odyssey is behind the decision to inflate prices of Daraprim – a toxoplasmosis treatment for Malaria and AIDS – by more than 50 times. Martin Cerebral” Shkreli first set up the eSports organisation Team Imagine in 2014, and has since acquired North American …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Indonesia
Although it has a thriving development community, Indonesia continues to struggle with the high cost of games. The Asian country is home to more than 80 developers, with the vast majority concentrating on mobile and browser titles. These include Agate Studio, which earlier this year was voted the most desirable …
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Read More »Early Access comes to PS4 with Dungeon Defenders 2
Pre-alpha version of tower defence game to be released on September 29th
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to tabletop games
The TV screen isn’t the only place to find innovative gameplay and gripping multiplayer. MCV gets physical with the finest board and card games out there It’s not long now until battered copies of Monopoly and Scrabble are extracted from dusty cupboards in anticipation of Christmas family gatherings. You might …
Read More »Meet the UK studio trying to resurrect P.T. on Kickstarter
A new UK studio wants to bring Konami’s abandoned horror concept back from the dead in creepy new horror, Allison Road. London-based Lilith has been working on the game for several months and has now taken to Kickstarter in an effort to make the game ‘the best it can be’. …
Read More »Kate Gray joins GameSpot UK
Attention Seeker’s Kate Gray has joined the UK brand of media giant GameSpot Gray was a presenter, writer and producer on Attention Seeker’s Xbox On brand. She started her career in the games media when she joined Official Nintendo Magazine as a staff writer in 2014, before moving over to …
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