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Mobile title Lara Croft GO is launching on both iOS and Android later this month. Publisher Square Enix announced that its turn-based mobile Lara Croft game will be launching on August 27th. This is the second entry in the firm’s GO series. The first was Hitman GO which launched last …
Read More »Rare gets first UK No.1 in 17 years with Rare Replay
Rare Replay has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats UK Top 40. It’s the first No.1 the developer has had since 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64, and the first budget-priced title to reach the top spot since Wii Fit Plus in 2009. No other new releases …
Read More »Games outpace films and music as decline in UK physical entertainment market slows to 3%
The ensuing popularity of boxed video games has helped to slow the retraction of the UK’s physical goods market. The physical entertainment business (that’s games, films and music) shrank by three per cent during Q2 of 2015, ending July 5th, according to market tracker Kantar Worldpanel. That’s quite a significant …
Read More »US team Evil Geniuses wins Dota 2 International
Dota 2 tournament the International has concluded with American team Evil Geniuses coming out on top, and all five members becoming millionaires in the process. Kotakureports the squad is the first American team to win the eSports event, doing so by beating Chinese team CDEC 3-1 in a best-of-five Grand …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: August 2-8
Rocket League has again came out ahead on Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart for yet another consecutive week. Like the past several weeks, Ark: Survival Evolved and GTA V finished in order right behind the hit mulitplayer game. The trio have been unmovable from the top three spots for …
Read More »Konami profit leaps 159.9%
Doggedly refusing to buy into the current gloomy narrative surrounding the company, Konami has had the audacity to post some very strong quarterly numbers. Profit for the quarter ending June soared 159.9 per cent to 4.28bn, while revenue climbed 5.3 per cent to 51.2bn. Konami’s games arm, Digital Entertainment, also …
Read More »Here’s why Verizon is breaking into eSports
Verizon wants to sell broadband and more to gamers. Verizon is joining other big brands likeCoca-Cola and Red Bullin marketing to the massive eSports audience. The communications giant has partnered with local gaming center and cafe Epic Gaming Lounge to host the EGL Dallas 10K video game tournament Aug. 7-9 …
Read More »Nvidia revenue up 5% thanks to eSports and PC growth
GeForce creator Nvidia today released its financials for the quarter ended July 26, with the firm posting a 5 percent revenue increase, thanks, in part, to the rise of eSports and the continued growth of PC gaming. Nvidiasaw revenue jump from $1.153 billion from $1.103 – a marginal increase on …
Read More »Did a Philippine League of Legends Team Commit Multiple Breaches of Contract?
Wargods.GameX, one of the top League of Legends teams in the Garena Pro Gaming Series (PGS), is currently under fire for allegations of contract breaches with the game publisher’s professional league. Garena Philippines, the country publisher for Riot’s League of Legends, maintains and oversees the PGS. Under the rules of …
Read More »Blizzard registers trademark for "Compete"
Blizzardhas registered a trademark for "Compete", an eSport tournament creation system. Specifically,the trademarkis for "Providing an online non-downloadable Internet-based system application featuring technology enabling users to organize and promote e-sports tournaments, to create and customize tournament brackets and ladders, track tournament progress, maintain related statistics, and post results." Read more …
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