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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe topped last Japanese charts of 2017

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Nintendo unsurprisingly won Christmas in Japan. What’s more surprising is that it topped the last weekly charts of the year with a title that released back in April, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe charting at No.1 (according to sales data collected by Famitsu from December 25th to 31st 2017). With …

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Sony sold 5.9m PS4 over the holidays – pushing global total to 73.6m

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Christmas 2017 was not as jolly as the previous one for Sony. The platform holder announced that it has sold 5.9m PS4 consoles worldwide between the end of November and December 31st 2017. This figure include both PS4 and PS4 Pro consoles and is a slight decrease compared to last year’s …

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HTC announces new Vive Pro headset and ‘VR-first’ Viveport redesign

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HTC Vive almost came out of nowhere in the VR headset race to take a hefty market share – in part due to its ambitious room-based tracking technology. The company is now further pushing its technical advantage over the competing Oculus Rift with a new Vive Pro headset and Vive …

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Rebellion acquires Leamington Spa studio Radiant Worlds

evil genius 2 rebellionjpg Rebellion acquires Leamington Spa studio Radiant Worlds

Rebellion has started the year off by announcing the acquisition of Leamington Spa based studio Radiant Worlds. The acquisition went ahead for an unknown sum. Radiant Worlds was founded in 2013 will be renamed as Rebellion Warwick, transitioning onto Rebellion’s current projects, like the upcoming 1930’s title Strange Brigade. The studio …

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Blizzard sells out 450-seat arena for first day of Overwatch League

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The inaugural season of the Overwatch League is nearly here, and Blizzard has already announced that the first day is now officially sold out. The Overwatch League’s Twitter account announced the news late on Sunday night, revealing that they’d sold out for the day one match between San Francisco Shock …

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Sony to nearly double PSVR library by the end of 2018

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In a statement to Nikkei, Sony said it expected to bring 130 more titles to its PlayStation VR headset by the end of 2018. As translated by Siliconera, the Japanese firm said that its library of PSVR games will increase from 150 to 280 by the end of the year, …

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Nvidia announces ‘TV’ for the PC master race with the BFGD

bfgd big format gaming displays key visual articlejpg Nvidia announces 'TV' for the PC master race with the BFGD

The first big gaming announcement of this year’s CES really is Big. There’s nothing the PC industry likes more than a new product standard and Nvidia has created the mother-of-all-displays with its new Big Format Gaming Display (or BFGD in an apparent nod to the legendary DOOM weapon). The first …

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A more interactive and social MCV Awards for 2018 – running times announced

There’s a lot of things changing at the MCV awards this year – making them more competitive, more rigorous and also more fun – which means we’re making some significant changes to the big evening itself. That means we are introducing a new event format. Listening to feedback we’ve made …

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