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Misfits Academy has played its last official game, after the team won promotion to the EU League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) on April 13. The promotion has created a flaw for Misfits Academy, who belong to the Misfits eSports organisation, as the LCS has strict rules about multi-team …
Read More »Ridley Scott’s RSA launches VR division
Film production company RSA has announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the creation of VR, AR and mixed media. RSA was founded by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott in 1968. The new VR division will be headed up by Jen Dennis, who recently collaborated with RSA on …
Read More »ARK: Modding Evolved
As Studio Wildcard announces a new scheme to help compensate its modding community financially, Sean Cleaver got to speak to the team and find out more about their modding ambitions
Read More »Star Wars: Battlefront II has been officially revealed
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 …
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