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PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …
Read More »Facebook and Oculus can’t stop Zenimax lawsuit from moving forward
Zenimax’s lawsuit against Oculus VR and its parent company Facebook will move forward, after separate motions to dismiss by the latter two firms were denied. Polygonreports Facebook’s motion to dismiss due to a number of errors” in Zenimax’s allegations was shut down by US District Court judge Jorge A. Solis. …
Read More »Hearthstone brings in $20m a month, Superdata claims
A new digital card game-focused report from Superdata states that Blizzard’s free-to-play release Hearthstone is raking in $20m a month between PC and mobile platforms. The company highlights the figure in asummary of its annual digital card game report, with the analyst firm adding that Blizzard has managed to recreate …
Read More »Wildstar free-to-play revamp enters closed beta
Wildstar’s upcoming free-to-play re-release has entered closed beta, developer Carbine Studios has announced. All current subscribers of the game have access to the test, as well as non-subscribers who have received a closed beta key – which anyone can sign-up for by visiting Wildstar’s official website. Carbine and publisher NCSoft …
Read More »FACEIT ports $20,000 monthly Pro League to CS:GO
FACEIT have today launched the CS:GO FACEIT Pro League, where the best European players will compete for $20,000 of prize money each month, including non-professionals. The league follows on from April’s launch of a similar league in Dota 2, and has also been set up with the same level of …
Read More »Valve: No plans for CS:GO International despite Dota’s success
Valve has reiterated their decision not to host a single world championship for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive despite the success of last week’s Dota 2 finals. The International 5 concluded at the weekend, reaching a massive audience with several million watching across five official language streams, with American team Evil Geniuses …
Read More »Region Focus: Frankfurt’s rising game dev hub
Develop asks those running the studios in the city what makes it an ideal location for development
Read More »Her Story sells 100,000 units in just over a month
Indie hit Her Story has shifted 100,000 copies in its first month on sale. That’s according to developer Sam Barlow, who took to Twitter (below) to announce the news. The game came out on June 24th, and fast became a hit. It casts players as someone watching interview footage from …
Read More »Sony to increase one and three month PlayStation Plus subscription prices
Sony is hiking the price of some of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions – specifically its one and three-month costs. At the moment, one month of PlayStation Plus will set consumers back 5.49, while three months of the online service costs 11.99. Sony says that these are set to rise ‘in …
Read More »Reminder: Games Media Awards nomination period ends this week
You have until the end of the working week to get your nominations in for the Games Media Awards 2015. The event returns on October 14th and marks the ninth annual outing of the always-talked-about event which champions the best in games editorial. After a successful revamp last year – …
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