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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’. …
Read More »The NES Classic Mini is in short supply
It’s not just the PS4 Pro that has had a storming week on the UK High Street. Supplies of Nintendo’s NES Classic Mini retro console seem to have run dry, with most major retailers seemingly out of stock of the 50 device. As a result, aftermarket prices have rocketed. Prices …
Read More »Dishonored 2 falls short of original as Call of Duty falls sharply
Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare remains the UK No.1, despite suffering a steeper drop in sales than its genre rivals. Week two sales of the Infinity Ward game were down 55 per cent. That’s significantly more than the 39 per cent and 41 per cent drop off seen with …
Read More »PS4 console sales up 204% following Pro launch
Sony’s new powerful Pro console is in stores and has helped PS4 console sales triple in the UK. That’s according to GfK hardware data seen by MCV for the week ending Saturday, November 12th, which says that overall PlayStation 4 sales rose 204 per cent week-on-week. Of total PS4 sales …
Read More »Spiral Cats talk cosplay in America and what gives them strength
At the League of Legends World Championship Finals in October, I got to sit down and talk to two members of the Spiral Cats cosplay team, Doremi and Tasha. The two, along with another team member in a full-body Bard cosplay, attended the last two stops of Worlds as guests, …
Read More »Northern Arena co-founder: ‘The Canadian esports scene right now is in its infancy’
Northern Arena is currently hosting their second event in Montreal, just over two months after their inaugural tournament in Toronto. Though the first event was focused solely on CS:GO, the organization has expanded their Montreal event to include a Dota 2 tournament, among other esports. Read more on theScore eSports …
Read More »Top prospects for first-ever League of Legends NA Scouting Grounds
Starting Monday, 20 of North American League of Legends’ top Challenger ladder players will have a chance to prove themselves in a combinelike competition called Scouting Grounds, hosted by League of Legends developer Riot Games. The competition will bring together four players from each of the five roles—top lane, jungle, …
Read More »fREAKAZOiD on Echo Fox’s struggles, over-saturation and his time as a rugby player
Echo Fox has been the talk of the professional Counter-Strike world for all the wrong reasons in the past week. Playing in ELEAGUE Season 2, Echo Fox had a brutal weekend in Group B play in winning only six rounds in three maps. Echo Fox was playing in a group …
Read More »Demetrious Johnson on partnering with Northern Gaming: ‘I believe esports is the future’
Yet again, Demetrious Johnson stands alone. We’ve seen soccer clubs flock to esports. Basketball teams have begun to invest in the scene, and American football teams also appear to be taking notice. But the man known as Mighty Mouse, who is now affiliated with Northern Gaming, is the first MMA …
Read More »Report: mobile games revenue to overtake PC games revenue in Southeast Asia by 2018
Predicted revenue in the region of $1.8b by 2020
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