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The VP of global VR for HTC has slammed VR rival Oculus for its walled garden approach to VR content. Joel Breton told GameSpot that HTC has an internal policy to encourage its development partners to release their titles on as many platforms as possible. Oculus, in contrast, has come …
Read More »PS4 games being added to PlayStation Now streaming
PC owners will soon get the chance to play PS4 exclusives without purchasing a console. Sony’s PlayStation Now service allows gamers to access they titles they don’t own via Sony’s streaming platform. Until now it has predominantly been used as a way for PS4 to offer backwards compatibility with PS3. …
Read More »Tencent takes number 1 spot on 2016 top-earning mobile publishers list
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Read More »Halo Wars 2: Controlling the Battle
Sean Cleaver spoke to Creative Assembly’s Alistair Hope about Halo Wars 2’s new game modes and the reasoning behind keeping the original game’s control scheme
Read More »Twitch rebrands and enhances the Curse desktop communication app
Twitch has announced that the Curse desktop app will be rebranded to the Twitch desktop app and a ton of new features are being added. The app, which will go into beta on March 16th, will make communication between Twitch users incredible easy, with voice and video calls and text …
Read More »NRG partners with Events DC to make the US capital an eSports hub
NRG eSports has announced a new sponsorship deal with a company called Events DC. Events DC is what’s known as a quasi-public company. According to Dot eSports this means that it receives taxpayer money, and its board is appointed by the mayor of Washington DC, but technically operates independently from …
Read More »Insurance company Netsurance sponsors Team NP
Team NP, a North American Dota 2 team, have announced a new sponsor in the form of online insurance company, Netsurance. The Canadian company has taken its first step into the world of eSports by sponsoring the team. The company name and logo will now appear on Team NP apparel …
Read More »Harmonix teams up with Hasbro for card game DropMix
The next game from music game maestros Harmonix has been revealed. It’s called DropMix, and has been jointly developed with toy giant Hasbro. Inside the box is a deck of cards and a Bluetooth and NFC enabled board that can connect with a smartphone or tablet (iOS or Android). Each …
Read More »UK Hearthstone prices to soar next week
Blizzard has confirmed that the price of cards packs for Hearthstone is to increase from March 22nd, and the UK in particular is in for a rough time. The prices, which apply to PC, Mac and Android, were announced on the Battle.net forums. The European price is going up by …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands debuts at No.1 as Zelda sales drop 70%
There are three new entries in the Top Ten this week, with Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands debuting at No.1. A year to the week after The Division enjoyed its record-breaking arrival, Wildlands sets a new 2017 week one record, and becomes the second fastest selling Tom Clancy title ever. Last …
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