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Read More »Record-breaking Patreon game cancelled after dev split
With nearly 11,000 backers and earnings of over $42k per month, Breeding Season was the highest earning game on Patreon. And now it has been cancelled. Kotaku reports that the title was described as ‘Harvest Moon meets Hentai’ and was, by all accounts, a bit saucy. However, a seemingly unamicable …
Read More »SpecialEffect launches One Special Day initiative with support of 30-plus games firms
Video games charity SpecialEffect is holding its One Special Day initiative today. This sees companies donating all or some of the money they make from game or DLC sales today to the charityfor one day only. SpecialEffect has the support of 30 games firms, including The Chinese Room, First Touch …
Read More »T-Mobile gives Pokémon Go users free data in US
Mobile data used to play Pokmon Go will not count against the bills of American T-Mobile consumers. The phone network has announced that it is giving its users who are playing the mobile smash hit free mobile data. This is for a full year. Furthermore, T-Mobile is giving consumers some …
Read More »Twitch bans CSGO Lotto and other Steam gambling streaming
The streaming of gambling sites that use Steam OpenID API has been banned by Twitch. The move follows Valve’s first statement on the subject yesterday, in which it vowed to crack down on the increasingly controversial practise. Valve specifically notes that using ‘the OpenID API and making the same web …
Read More »Submissions open for Google’s inaugural Indie Games Festival
US and Canadian studios with fewer than 16 members and a 2016 release under their belts invited to take part
Read More »Pokemon Go targeting global rollout ‘soon’ as Nintendo shares skyrocket
You think Pokemon Go is big now? You wait until it’s available in every country on the planet. And that might not be that far out. Niantic chief executive John Hanke has told Reuters that his company intends to roll out Pokemon Go to around 200 countries relatively soon”. By …
Read More »ESL One Cologne breaks records again
ESL One Cologne, the most recent CS:GO major, has broken a ton of records including attendance and social media engagement. More than 14,000 people packed into the LANXESS arena on each of the main event days, making it one of the biggest eSports tournaments ever. Viewership was also up on …
Read More »Leffen to miss EVO after all due to further visa issues
Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player William "Leffen" Hjelt will not attend EVO this weekend due to visa issues. The Swedish player is still waiting for a letter of approval from the US embassy, which is taking longer than expected due to him being deported from the US last year. …
Read More »Now the other Spectrum console could be in trouble
Hot on the heels of reported trouble over in the Recreated ZX Spectrum camp, there are now worrying signs emerging from its rival Spectrum reboot. At the same time as the Recreated ZX Spectrum was going about building hype, a different machine going under the name Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega …
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