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Five Ubisoft executives have been accused of selling stock in the company ahead of its announcement of two key game delays. Kotaku reports that CEO Yannis Mallat and four other executives sold shares ahead of the announcement on October 15th 2013 that both Watch Dogs and The Crew were being …
Read More »MIT lab is working on a new wireless VR system, MoVir
MIT CSAIL prototype is headset agnostic
Read More »Wargaming launches Alliance publishing label, teams up with Sega to release Total War Arena
Wargaming has started a new publishing label called Wargaming Alliance. This a third party publishing label that plays to Wargaming’s strengths, aiming to give developers the tools and resources to get into free-to-play gaming. Today, in addition to announced the newly created publishing label, they’re announcing their partnership with Sega …
Read More »Several titles are performing worse for the PS4 Pro than the PS4
Eurogamer's Digital Foundry reveals the bad news
Read More »Nexon acquire 49% equity stake in Thai publisher iDCC
Planning to buy the rest as soon as Thai government approve the deal
Read More »Wargaming launches Wargaming Alliance publishing label with Total War: Arena as first release
Label aiming to help third party developers with the move to free-to-play
Read More »LCS team owners send Riot a letter detailing their concerns
Team owners from across the LCS have penned a letter to Riot Games detailing their concerns about the league for 2017 and a suggested list of changes. The letter, which was obtained by Slingshot eSports, is signed by team owners from both the EU and NA LCS, including representatives from …
Read More »Batman: Arkham VR was the best-selling digital PSVR game in October
The Caped Crusader has emerged as the most popular of the PlayStation VR’s launch line-up on PSN. Sony says that Batman: Arkham VR was the best-selling digital PlayStation VR title in October. It looks like the combination of a strong IP, a good heritage in the Arkham games and a …
Read More »Report points to £199.99 and £249.99 Nintendo Switch launch price
The Nintendo Switch will be priced at 199.99 for the entry-level SKU in the UK, it has been claimed. Lets Play Video Games claims to have word from two sources that retailer GAME has been told that it should expect to sell the new console for 199.99 when it launches …
Read More »Amazon ordered to repay in-app purchases
A Seattle judge has ruled that Amazon must repay in-app purchases made without consent on Kindle and Android devices between 2011 and 2014. The decision is a result of a successful FTC lawsuit, although its calls for a lump sum refund of over $25m was rejected for being ‘too high’. …
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