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Following the speculation and the leaks, Star Wars: Battlefront II has at last gone official. The big news is that it will, unlike its predecessor, boast a full single player mode. Interesting, it will cast players as an infuriated Imperial trooper – Iden Versio – who has vowed revenge on …
Read More »Steam is getting a proper rival from Chinese giant Tencent
The biggest games company in the world is to take on digital PC games giant Steam. As spotted by PCGamesN, Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad has revealed that the Tencent Games Platform is being rebranded as WeGame. The service already has over 200m users alone in China, compared to Steam’s …
Read More »Nintendo discontinues the NES Mini
In a surprise move, Nintendo has announced that it has ended production of the popular NES Classic. Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year,” the platform holder said. We encourage anyone interested in obtaining this system to …
Read More »Splyce head coach YamatoCannon steps away from the role
Splyce’s head coach, Jakob Medbi, will be stepping down from the role, the League of Legends team has announced today. Medbi, better known by his handle YamatoCannon, has responded to the news on Twitter, saying only that he intends to release a vlog statement on the matter at some point …
Read More »The Switch is Nintendo’s fastest ever selling console in the US
Nintendo has announced as part of the March NPD results that the Switch has become its fastest selling video game system ever in the US. The console shifted 906k units in March. That puts it ever so slightly ahead of the Wii U, which sold 890k in its first five …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Wildlands returns to the top of the charts
Ubisoft’s latest Tom Clancy title, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, has claimed the UK No.1 title for the third time. That means of the five weeks it has been in the charts, three of them have been spent at the top. We’re only in April yet already Ubisoft has enjoyed five No.1 …
Read More »Switch games dated, new Joy Con and battery pack revealed
Last night’s Nintendo Direct announced a number of new Switch and 3DS release dates, and also revealed two new bits of Switch hardware. Headlining the dates are Splatoon 2, which arrives on July 21st, and Arms, which will hit shelves on June 16th. Also confirmed was a Nintendo Switch release …
Read More »ESL to launch 24/7 eSports channel on PlayStation Vue
ESL has announced that it will launch its esportsTV channel on PlayStation Vue in the coming weeks. Before the end of the month the channel will launch on PlayStations TV service in the States, just in time for a live broadcast of the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney CS:GO event taking …
Read More »Gfinity becomes global tournament partner for the Forza Racing Championship
Gfinity has been named as the global tournament partner for Microsoft’s Forza Racing Championship. The deal will see Gfinity organise and host the events in the competition, with the first event being the Forza Racing Championship 2017 New York Invitational Presented by Porsche. Wow that’s a long name. Anway, Gfinity …
Read More »Now Forza gets a Porsche deal, too
Hot on the heels of the confirmation that Porsche will feature in upcoming PS4 racer Gran Turismo Sport, developer Turn 10 has now confirmed the brand’s inclusion in the Forza series. The Microsoft studio has agreed a six-year deal to collaborate on a suite of co-branded initiatives for Porsche and …
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