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Media company IGN has announced that it will be Twitter’s official livestream broadcast partner for E3 2017 in June. A week’s worth of live online programming will kick off on June 10th and run until June 15th. Shows will broadcast directly from the expo floor and from IGN’s LA Studio. …
Read More »GameStop admits to possible credit card data theft
Retailer GameStop is investigating claims that credit card and customer data from its website is up for sale on the black market. GameStop recently received notification from a third party that it believed payment card data from cards used on the GameStop.com website was being offered for sale on a …
Read More »Doing justice to Dredd: It’s time to make your 2000 AD game
2000 AD recently hit its 40th anniversary and is still going strong. Judge Dredd continues to lead the charge and arguably remains the most recognisable British-created comic book character – Dennis the Menace aside, as he’s hardly an obvious draw for core gamers. Behind him is a slew of popular …
Read More »Atlus claims its first No.1 UK with Persona 5
PlayStation exclusive Persona 5 has debuted at No.1 in its first week in the UK Top 40. This is the first ever UK All Formats No.1 for Atlus, with GfK adding that the game enjoyed by far the biggest launch for a Persona title”. The title is published by Deep …
Read More »Inside snags 4 BAFTA awards
See the BAFTA winners, and be reminded of all the great games you haven't played yet
Read More »King create new development team for a mobile Call of Duty title
Not surprising, but still exciting
Read More »War Child: A war on conflict
Do violent games have a role to play in promoting peace? Will Freeman speaks to charity War Child about what they think
Read More »Nvidia ups the game once again with new GTX Titan XP
Just over a month after lifting the lid on the GTX 1080 Ti PC graphics card, Nvidia has already toppled it from the top of the pack with an even faster GPU. The GTX Titan XP houses a full version of the GP102 chipset that has to date only been …
Read More »YouTube imposes new creator monetisation restriction
Smaller YouTube channels will as of today find it harder to generate revenue from their content . The Google owned network has announced a change to its partner program, which until now allowed even new users of the service to immediately start monetising their content. As of now, however, creators …
Read More »Scorpio could see Xbox push ahead of PlayStation in 2017
The launch of what will be the world’s most powerful ever console later this year could be enough to hand sector momentum back to Xbox. That’s the prediction of NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, who told Games Industry that he was satisfied that yesterday’s tech announcement was enough to deliver the …
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