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Wired Productions raises $10,000 for mental health charity

image004jpeg Wired Productions raises $10,000 for mental health charity

Publisher Wired Productions has announced it’s awarded $10,000 to charity Take This as part of its first mental health awareness campaign. Initially unveiled back in August of this year, 25 per cent of all net receipts from digital sales of LKA’s The Town of Light sold within the promotional window were donated …

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GT Sport takes top spot, WWE 2K18 and South Park fight for No.3

gran turismo sport 16 9png GT Sport takes top spot, WWE 2K18 and South Park fight for No.3

After three consecutive weeks at No.1, FIFA 18 has lost the top spot in the UK weekly charts. Having launched early last week, PS4 exclusive Gran Turismo Sport debuted at No.1. As GfK points out, it’s the first appearance of the 19 years old franchise on a current-gen console, as …

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Twitch unveils huge revenue growth at TwitchCon 2017

twitch logopng Twitch unveils huge revenue growth at TwitchCon 2017

Twitch has announced a massive increase in revenue year-on-year, paying more than double the amount of money to individual partners in 2017 compared to last year. The exact figure is currently unknown, but on average 71 per cent more money was generated this year, with Twitch Prime bringing in 50 per cent more …

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Supermassive Games: Betting on VR

the inpatient headjpg Supermassive Games: Betting on VR

Supermassive Games believes that there’s plenty left to explore in virtual reality game design. Jem Alexander chats to executive producer Simon Harris about the studio’s VR projects

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PS VR to tour UK this Christmas

gt sport 169png PS VR to tour UK this Christmas

Players who never got the chance to experience VR will get the opportunity to do so in the lead-up to Christmas, as Sony just announced a UK tour to promote its headset. Starting next Wednesday, October 25th, in Cardiff, the Live the Game Tour will be visiting nine other cities …

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Shadow of War claims Japan No.1 with sales up 39% on Mordor

It was another slow week at Japanese retail last week, marking the second consecutive week of decline for its physical game market. This is partly due to a lack of high-profile new releases, as the only new entries this week were Warner Bros’ Shadow of War and Square Enix’s Lost …

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NIS America will continue to support Vita digitally, even though ‘it isn’t really the place to be right now’

vitajpg NIS America will continue to support Vita digitally, even though 'it isn't really the place to be right now'

Sony’s PlayStation Vita has been on the way out for some time now. While the console still sells well in Japan, shifting around 4,000 units each week, Sony itself declared it a legacy platform back in 2015, confirming that first-party support for the handheld would now cease. That hasn’t stopped …

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The PlayStation Revolution to receive world premiere at Science Museum’s Power Up event

playstation revolution copyjpg The PlayStation Revolution to receive world premiere at Science Museum's Power Up event

The next film from the makers of gaming documentary From Bedrooms to Billions is set to make its debut at the end of this month at London’s Science Museum as part of its Power Up gaming event. Taking place on October 25th, footage from The PlayStation Revolution will be shown …

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