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As the battle between this year’s big shooters shifts into its final phase, we can be certain it’ll be one war or another dominating the charts this Christmas – no change there. It’s not surprising then that the industry is still painted in terms of a battle between deadly rivals. …
Read More »Mafia III sets 2K sales record despite review ‘anomalies’
Take Two has revealed that Mafia III has become the fastest selling game in publishing label 2K Games’ history. The company shipped 4.5m units of the title in its first week. Eyes are now set on passing the total sales of 2K’s overall best-selling title, Borderlands, which stand at 10m …
Read More »PSN and Xbox Live botnet threats, G2A and LawBreakers headline this week’s MCV
This week, we talk to security experts, who reveal that Xbox Live and PSN will be high on the list of potential targets for the new generation of botnet attacks. Elsewhere, uChannel Management’s director discusses how YouTube is changing the games media landscape and ESL UK co-director James Dean explains …
Read More »New Mirai botnet could make PSN and Xbox Live "sitting ducks" at Christmas
Security experts say that gaming networks, such as Xbox Live and PSN, will be high on the list of potential targets for the new generation of botnet attacks. That could spell disaster for the industry during one of its key gaming seasons, again. Igal Zeifman, security evangelist at Imperva said: …
Read More »Nintendo denies Wii U production halt
The Wii U lives on, Nintendo has claimed. Earlier this week reports suggested that production of the struggling console would come to an end this Friday (November 4th). However, Kotaku reports that Nintendo has told Japanese site IT Media that these claims are incorrect, insisting that: There is no change …
Read More »EA triumphant in massive month for UK games retail
October 2016 was a blockbuster sales period, with revenue from physical games rising 50 per cent year-on-year according to GfK Entertainment. 90.5m was made from boxed software sales for the month, while 2.4m games were sold – an increase of 41 per cent over October 2015. EA once again came …
Read More »The heroes of Hearthstone to watch at BlizzCon
Hearthstone’s World Championship has officially begun, with the group stages getting underway before BlizzCon this week. Already we’re getting a feel for who’s going to be a tough opponent in the playoff stages, but before we’re too deep into the deck, perhaps we’d better get a good look at the …
Read More »BlizzCon: Favorites and upstarts for the Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship
The Heroes of the Storm Fall Championship will conclude at BlizzCon on Friday and Saturday, with the winning team as the recipient of the $300,000 first-place prize. The remaining group stage will determine the final four teams of the tournament. Finally, the last four teams will participate in a single-elimination …
Read More »Doublelift opens up on LCS burnout: ‘It’s such a bad life’
Team SoloMid shocked fans this week when it announced that star AD carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng would be sitting out the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split. After TSM’s disappointing group stage finish at the 2016 World Championship, fans feared the team might be looking to change its formula for the …
Read More »Q&A: Anders Blume on casting Overwatch and the importance of being able to pivot
Slingshot’s Blake Bottrill had the chance to talk to longtime caster Anders Blume at the ESL New York at the beginning of October to talk about casting Overwatch in addition to Counter-Strike and how to stay fresh in different games. Read more on Slingshot eSports >>>
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