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Keiji Okayasu, the director of the first Shenmue, has joined Ys Net to work on the Kickstarted third entry in the beloved RPG franchise. Okayasu co-directed the Dreamcast 1999 original at Sega alongside Yu Suzuki, who founded Shenmue III developer Ys Net in 2008. He also ‘subdirected’ Shenmue II for …
Read More »Niantic assures Pokemon Go fans that it is listening to complaints
Pokemon Go developer Niantic has finally broken its silence and begun to engage with fans over complaints about recent changes to the game. Disquiet over recent changes to Pokemon Go has been amplified by the developer’s apparent unwillingness to respond. Now the team has released a statement explaining the reasons …
Read More »Niantic puts an end to Pokemon Go tracking sites
Pokevision, and other sites that allow users to track the position of Pokemon Go creatures from the internet, have been ordered to deactivate their services. Kotaku reports that Niantic had previously warned gamers that such sites may not be available in the long term. Pokevision has indicated that it was …
Read More »Techland announces Pure Farming 17: The Simulator
Look, we’ll be honest – we’re fairly certain this is real, but we are double-checking [UPDATE: It is!]. Techland announced in June that it was stepping up its global publishing business. It revealed a publishing deal for inXile’s Torment: Tides of Numenera shortly after, and has now announced a second …
Read More »$1,000,000 Gears of War Pro Circuit announced
Xbox and The Coalition have announced the Gears of War Pro Circuit, a $1,000,000 Gears of War 4 competition. Once Gears of War 4 launches later this year players can compete for Gears Pro Points in regional MLG GameBattles online ladders and in daily and weekly tournaments. Teams that get …
Read More »HTC Vive’s UK price increased to £816 including P&P
Good news if you’re of the mind set that HTC Vive isn’t currently expensive enough. The Vive VR system released earlier this year in the UK for a really actually pretty hefty 689. You could add 57.60 for P&P, too, bringing the total to a skin melting 746.60. HTC has …
Read More »Inside releasing on PS4 this month, report claims
Xbox One and PC critical hit Inside should be out on PS4 before the end of August. VG247 has word from a trusted source that the game will hit Sony’s console some time at the end of August. Inside is the second game from developer Playdead, which rose to prominence …
Read More »ELEAGUE’s first season pulls in millions of viewers
The first season of ELEAGUE, Turner’s CS:GO league, concluded on Saturday evening and pulled in some incredible numbers. There was more than 168,500 concurrent streams on Twitch for Saturday’s final, with approximately 48 million gross minutes of video consumption across TBS and Twitch. The final was also responsible for 2.9 …
Read More »Gamer drops $1,300 on early copy of No Man’s Sky
The game is out in less than two weeks, but for one gamer that was simply too long to bare. A Reddit user going by the name Daymeeuhn has paid out a truly mind blowing $1,300+ to land an early copy of No Man’ Sky. He then proceeded to dump …
Read More »Gamers will be able to come to this year’s Golden Joysticks
The 34th edition of the Golden Joystick Awards will be open to the public for the first time ever. Starting today, balcony tickets are being sold to attend the ceremony, which is once again taking place at the Indig02 at London’s O2 Arena on November 18th. The tickets cost 10 …
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