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Sniper Elite 4 developer Rebellion has announced plans to licence its 2000 AD IP to external developers. CEO Jason Kingsley broke the news over the weekend at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London, which marked four decades of the weekly anthology comic book. "This week we’re proud to …
Read More »Merchandise sector still ‘finding its feet’, says GM UK
We already know that 2016 was not the best year ever for the UK games market. But there’s one category within gaming that still provides growth: merchandise. GAME said in its 2016 financial report that although sales declined in the year, licensed merchandise was up 70 per cent year-on-year. But …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild to receive £17.99 DLC Expansion Pass
Nintendo has announced it will be releasing a season pass for Switch launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is the first time DLC will be available for the main Legend of Zelda series, and it will be available for both the Switch and Wii U …
Read More »FaZe Clan paid $500,000 to sign NiKo according to report
FaZe Clan paid a massive $500,000 to mousesports in order to sign Nikola “NiKo” Kovac according to a report. Dot eSports reports that sources close to the deal are touting the $500,000 transfer fee, making it the largest transfer deal in CS:GO history that we know of. The previous record …
Read More »Paradox Interactive reports excellent Q4, bolstered by Stellaris and Cities: Skylines
Paradox Interactive has released its end of year report for 2016 and the Swedish games publisher is in rude health. Revenue for Q4 increased by 56 per cent year-on-year, reaching 198.4m Swedish Krona [17.8m], while operating profit for Q4 increased by 96 per cent year-on-year, reaching 85.9m Swedish Krona [7.7m]. …
Read More »Strongbow Investments buys M19 League of Legends team
A Russian investment firm known as Strongbow Investments has purchased the M19 League of Legends team. The squad was previously known as Albus NoX Luna and managed to place in the top eight at Worlds last year, becoming the best performing wildcard region team ever. This new investment sees them …
Read More »Disney drops PewDiePie over anti-Semitic videos
Maker Studios, a division of Disney, has severed ties with YouTuber PewDiePie after he posted a video with anti-Semitic remarks. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, who contacted Disney yesterday about the video in question. The video was originally posted on January 11th, and featured two men laughing as …
Read More »Costume Quest animated series coming to Amazon in 2018
Just last week, we learned that Adventure Time’s Frederator Studios will be bringing Castlevania to Netflix later this year as an animated series. However, it now seems that won’t be the only video game animation adaptation the studio’s got up its sleeve. Announced on Frederator’s websiteyesterday, the studio will also …
Read More »Ginx’s TV channel launches on Partner’s 4GTV app in Israel
Ginx has announced that its eSports TV Channel is available in Israel through Partner’s 4GTV app. The channel is currently available in the app, but will also launch on Partner’s TV service in the next few months, meaning that millions of people will have access to the channel. Michiel Bakker, …
Read More »Sony: Horizon Zero Dawn’s Aloy is the ‘PlayStation icon of the future’
Horizon Zero Dawn is easily one of the most anticipated games of the year, if not the most anticipated PS4-exclusive of 2017. Of course, it’s still early in the year and E3 could bring its own share of surprises, but so far the Guerrilla-developed title ranks very high on the …
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