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The BBC has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama based on the development of Grand Theft Auto. In it we see Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Rockstar president Sam Houser, and Bill Paxton, who plays controversial lawyer and outspoken GTA critic Jack Thompson. The show itself …
Read More »GameStop to open first ThinkGeek physical store
Online merchandise ThinkGeek is to open its first physical store. Owner GameStop, which acquired ThinkGeek owner Geeknet in June, has announced plans to open the its first branded physical store in Florida on September 25th. More are planned, too, with each boasting what is described as a ‘modern, bright, open …
Read More »Ashton Kutcher becomes latest investor in eSports gambling startup Unikrn
Hollywood star-cum-tech investor Ashton Kutcher is the latest high profile investor to back international eSports gambling startup Unikrn. The company’s current round of Series A funding opened on June 30 and has already attracted other well-known investors including Mark Cuban of ABC’s Dragons’ Den-style show, The Shark Tank. It is …
Read More »SoulCalibur Lost Swords to down weapons in November
Bandai Namco has said that its free-to-play fighting game SoulCalibur: Lost Swords will be shut down later this year. Eurogamer reports that the servers for the PS3 title will be shut down on November 30th, just a year and a half after the game was first launched. Sales of Continue …
Read More »Treyarch: "Call of Duty eSports has seen a lot of good growth"
Studio design director David Vonderhaar talks to us about the eSports features and multiplayer infrastructure in place forCall of Duty: Black Ops 3. In particular he discuss the Ban and Protect system, CoDcasting, and Arena play (that replaces league play from Black Ops 2) in depth. "Call of Duty eSports …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Knight patch arrives, goes… but offers big fixes
A patch for the troubled PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum was temporarily released last night, and seemed to bring with it big fixes to the game. Kotaku reports that those who had tinkered with the settings on the game’s listing in Steam to enable beta access last night received …
Read More »Devs can now disassemble Epic’s UE4 VR Showdown demo
All assets used in video available at no cost
Read More »Gaming festival Insomnia expands to UK’s biggest expo space
Britishgamingfestival Insomnia is moving on up…the road, as it relocates future events from Coventry’s Ricoh Arena to the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. The move comes as demand and attendance for the homegrown event, which merges elements of LAN parties, esports and a convention, has exceeded the capacity of …
Read More »Dovetail Games Fishing set to officially launch in October
UK publisher Dovetail will launch its fishing game this Q4. Due to arrive in late October, Dovetail Games Fishing has been built using Unreal Engine 4. It was made available via Steam Early Access in November 2014, and will be removed from the platform on September 8th. Players can still …
Read More »Clash of Clans the highest grossing App Store game ever
Supercell’s three games ranked in top ten all-time highest revenue generators
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