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Sony’s latest PS4 exclusive has been unseated during its second week in Japan as another new Bandai Namco release shot to the top. According to the latest data from Famitsu, the week ending March 29th saw five new Bandai Namco entries in the software rankings, with Bloodborne crowned as the …
Read More »Smite’s year-long bans on pro players are harsh, but fair
Five competitive Smite players have received professional suspensions of up to one year for account sharing, Hi-Rez Studios announced yesterday. The bans have affected players from four organisations in the Smite Pro League circuit, including two top-tier North American teams, Cognitive Gaming and Enemy eSports, and one European (Trig eSports). …
Read More »Football Manager Classic 2015 hitting tablets this week
Sega has confirmed that Football Manager Classic 2015 will be released on iPad and Android tablets this week. The game, which is out at midnight on the night of Thursday April 9th, contains real-world clubs from 117 leagues from 51 countries and has been specifically optimised for touchscreens. The ‘Classic’ …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s film in the works
The Five Nights at Freddy’s series of horror games is being made into a movie. That’s according to Hollywood Reporter, who says that Warner Bros has bought the film rights to the horror series. So far there have been three entries in developer Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights at Freddy’s series, …
Read More »Professor Layton 7 and Fantasy Life 2 ditch 3DS, head to smartphone
Level-5 has announced that two of its big upcoming titles will be heading to smartphones instead of portable consoles. Siliconera reports that Layton 7, the latest title in the Professor Layton series, and Fantasy Life 2 are both confirmed for a mobile release in Japan this summer on iPhone and …
Read More »Virtual reality storefront Wear VR secures $1.5m investment
Firm developing mobile app allowing users to access its store from their smartphones
Read More »2K Sports turns NBA 2K14 back on, extends online support to legacy titles
Players of 2K14 are now once again able to access their single-player careers. Yesterday MCV reported that 2K’s activation of the game’s online servers had a particularly nasty side-effect – players found themselves unable to access their offline career progress as the way the game was built meant that the …
Read More »The Masters golf championship won’t be appearing in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
EA’s upcoming Rory McIlroy PGA Tour will not feature one of the most best-known courses in the golfing world. The iconic Masters tournament will not be making an appearance in the forthcoming golf title as the game cannot feature the Augusta National course, where the championship takes place. In a …
Read More »Deus Ex: Mankind Divided headed to PS4, Xbox One and PC
It turns out that Square Enix’s rumoured Deus Ex reveal was, in fact, just that. Originally teased in a cryptic ‘interactive’ teaser titled CantKillProgress, a new game in the cyberpunk RPG-shooter series was then supposedly leaked on NeoGaf, before being confirmed by Game Informer as its May cover. Deus Ex: …
Read More »Disney characters help teach kids to code
Collaboration with Code.org aims to encourage children into programming with free tutorial
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