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Read More »Team NP secures GG.Bet sponsorship
Dota 2 organisation Team NP has announced that its second sponsor is online betting site GG.Bet. GG.Bet has sponsored the team and will receive branding across many areas of the NP organisation. NP fans can also take advantage of the new sponsorship when using GG.Bet by typing in the promo …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Vice Gaming is now Waypoint
The media firm has launched a new digital gaming channel called Waypoint. The editor-in-chief is Austin Walker (pictured, right), former head of Vice Gaming, who joined earlier this year. Before that, he was news editor at Giant Bomb. He will be running the brand from Vice’s headquarters in New York. …
Read More »Hitman developer IO opens new studio
IO Interactive has movedto a new studio in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. The Hitman developer describes this new office, which features an on-site motion capture studio, as ‘open, bright and ultra-modern’. Table-football tournaments and arcade machines are also amongst the perks, the firm revealed. IO also unveiled a new, fully adaptable …
Read More »PS4 Pro: Are consumers 4K and HDR ready?
So the PS4 Pro is here and the traditional hardware cycle has been smashed. Thanks to modern development tools and a PC-related architecture, Sony has evolved a truly backward-compatible console, one that plays the same games as its sibling but with enhanced graphical capabilities. It’s a fantastic achievement and a …
Read More »Sony update PS4 ShareFactory for higher resolution capture, GIFs
It'll export quicker, too
Read More »What is PS4 Pro? Supported games, price and what’s in the box
Announced on-stage at an event in New York in September, Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro is the platform holder’s hardware for serious gamers. Previously known under the codename of ‘Neo’, the new console has double the graphical power of a ‘regular’ PlayStation 4. That amounts to an impressive 4.2 teraflops. Next …
Read More »Gfinity revenue increases but company loses more than £3 million for the 2nd year running
Gfinity has released its financial results for the year ending 30th June 2016 and revealed that they have lost 3.2 million despite massively improved revenue. The operating loss for the company was 3.2 million, a 12% decrease on the previous year’s 3.6 million loss. A number of factors contributed to …
Read More »A NES Classic controller extension lead is in the works
The NES Classic arrives in the UK tomorrow, but for some buyers one accessory is going to be an absolute must. The console has been getting rave reviews, but one criticism that keeps cropping up is the length of the controller leads – or the lack of length, more specifically, …
Read More »Gfinity revenue increases but company loses more than £3 million for the 2nd year running
Gfinity has released its financial results for the year ending 30th June 2016 and revealed that they have lost £3.2 million despite massively improved revenue. The operating loss for the company was £3.2 million, a 12% decrease on the previous year’s £3.6 million loss. A number of factors contributed to …
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