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Tonight’s the night. After a long, long wait, Sony will take to the New York stage tonight to lift the lid on two brand new PlayStation consoles. Well, we say brand new. The PS4 Slim, amazingly, is already available in the UK, despite having not been officially acknowledged. Expect that …
Read More »Dragon Quest songwriter crowned world’s oldest games composer
The lead composer for the Dragon Quest series has been officially recognised as the oldest songwriter working in video games. Koichi Sugiyama received the Guinness World Record as the World’s Oldest Video Game Composer for putting together a tune at the very specific age of 84 years and 292 days …
Read More »LDLC signs Overwatch team Le Mixx
LDLC has signed the former Le Mixx Overwatch roster, which features some of Europe’s best players. The new LDLC team is made up of Guillaume KabaL” Ettori, Rikard Klanton” Lundberg, Tarek .kr4tosdigga?!” Ekmekci, Metehan Mete” Akst, Mihail Mezamorphis” P?unecu and Toni ube” Hkli. Tarek "kr4tosdigga" Ekmekci previously played on Graviton …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to PlayStation merchandise
It’s been an odd week for Sony, after its alleged Slim PS4 leaked online when someone managed to buy one on Gumtree. Sony is expected to announce the PS4 Slim today (September 7th) during an event that was planned long ago. Reports from The Wall Street Journal further say that …
Read More »PlayStation VR will come with eight game demos
Remember in the olden days when consoles would arrive with a demo disc? Well, they’re back. Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation VR, which launches for 350 in October, will include a disc with eight VR demos in the box. This is an especially smart move as it means owners …
Read More »Dragon Quest songwriter named as world’s oldest games composer
85-year-old Koichi Sugiyama has worked on Square Enix’s RPG franchise since it began in 1986
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Switzerland
The Swiss games industry had a turnover of 226m CHF (178m) in 2015, according to the latest report by the Swiss Interactive Entertainment Association (SIEA). The market has declined by 7.6 per cent compared to 2014, due to a ‘rise in online sales’ (which are not included in the study). …
Read More »$75,000 Overwatch tournament heading to the Gfinity Arena
The Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship Presented by MSI has been announced with a $75,000 prize pool and a LAN final at the Gfinity arena in London. Four of the world’s best Overwatch teams will compete at the Gfinity arena on December 7th and 8th for the title of MGA world …
Read More »Female co-op character was considered for first Gears of War
The Coalition studio director Rod Fergusson hassaid that he suggested offering players the ability to choose between a male and female character in the the first Gears of War’s co-op multiplayer mode. When I first joined Epic, one of my first ideas I had for Cliff [Bleszinksi] was ‘Hey, how …
Read More »Peter Molyneux’s The Trail appears on iOS App Store
22Cans’ mysterious The Trail, which we’ve been aware of but known little about for quite some time, has suddenly appeared on the Apple App Store. The game does not yet appear to have launched proper, with its page only showing in some regions, and the app itself not yet available …
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