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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 …
Read More »Disney Infinity server shutdown timetabled
The clock is ticking on the online services for the Disney Infinity series. Having announced its abandonment of the franchise in May, Disney has now revealed a systematic timetable of server shutdowns that will see the series turned off on every format. Polygon reports that the first of these changes …
Read More »Frontwire Studios’ Star Wars spin-off Galaxy in Turmoil shut down by EA and Lucasfilm
Developer previously announced publishing deal with Valve and reassured fans classification as ‘parody’ would avoid legal complications
Read More »Ghostbusters dev Fireforge files for bankruptcy
Fireforge Games has declared bankruptcy three days after releasing its Ghostbusters spin-off title. Founded five years ago by former Blizzard dev Tim Campbell, the studio’s first (and, now, presumably last) full in-house release wasGhostbusters – although the studio worked on multiple MOBA projects with partners including Razer and Tencent. As …
Read More »LEGO Star Wars manages fifth week at head of the UK charts
Warner Bros’ latest LEGO title, The Force Awakens, has claimed its fifth consecutive No.1 since launch. In doing so, it is neck and neck with LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes as the LEGO title with the most consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts. LEGO Batman 2 …
Read More »Vainglory summer season championships head to Seattle and Cologne
The Vainglory Summer Season Championships will take place in Seattle and Cologne this September. Eight of the best North American Vainglory teams will head to Seattle to compete for the title of summer champions between September 2nd and 4th at the Amazon event center. The Battle in Seattle” event will …
Read More »eSports Advertising Bureau aims to help advertisers enter eSports
The eSports Advertising Bureau has been founded to help brands enter the world of eSports sponsorship and advertisement. The group will offer tools to marketers that will help them understand eSports and it’s potential marketing opportunities, as well as help eSports companies with direct advertising issues. Elsewhere it will coordinate …
Read More »Does the Wii U really have fewer games than other Nintendo consoles?
Yes, it does. Of all the criticisms thrown at the Wii U regarding design and cost, the accusation that the system ‘doesn’t have any games’ has perhaps haunted it the most from the off. Nintendo has now released official data on the number of physical titles released for every console …
Read More »TnC and Execration finally secure visas for The International
Just days before the biggest Dota 2 event of the year starts, two of the competing teams have been given US visas. TnC and Execration, two teams that made it through the South East Asian qualifier, have been granted US P-1 visas after initially being denied. Both teams initially applied …
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