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Gamecom is increasingly looking in danger of missing out any platform holder conferences this year. Microsoft has just confirmed that it won’t be hosting a conference at the event next month. This comes after Sony Europe boss Jim Ryan told VG247 last week that the company had not yet decided …
Read More »Indie Steam game Reus has sold over 800k copies, is coming to PS4 and Xbox One
Abbey Games’ PC strategy title Reus is launching on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year. The console launch is coming by way of Dutch indie publisher Soedesco, and is currently pencilled in for a Q3 release. The game will be coming out both physically and digitally on console. …
Read More »NOW TV to headline eSports Industry Awards
Online streaming service NOW TV has backed the 2016 eSports Industry Awards. The firm is the latest big name to join the November 21st event, which also includes support from Gfinity and MCV. Paul Sweeney, Director Sales & Marketing NOW TV comments: We’re extremely proud to be supporting the eSports …
Read More »Blizzard introduces Silence Penalty for repeated WoW potty mouths
Bad mouthing other players too many times in World of Warcraft will soon render you silent. Blizzard has unveiled ‘The Silence Penalty’ for those who are reported multiple times under the Spam or Abusive Chat categories”. If upon investigation Blizzard is concerned, the offender’s chat privileges will be severely reduced. …
Read More »GAME to sell 1TB PS4 bundle including Uncharted 4 and Bloodborne
High Street retailer GAME is to start selling a new 1TB PlayStation 4 bundle that comes with a slew of first-party titles for the platform. As reported by Videogamer, the collection – dubbed the Players Mega Pack (pictured) – is to hit shelves on Friday, July 15th. It comes with …
Read More »Twitch is now playing Pokémon Go
Having played numerous Pokmon games,Heathstone, Punch Club and even Dark Souls, Twitch is now playing Pokmon Go. This sees viewers providing text-based inputs in the stream’s chat which are then translated into the game. The developers have also ‘spoofed’ the game’s location to make it think it’s in New York’s …
Read More »All Oculus pre-orders shipped, four months after launch
Its Rift headset was released in March of this year, and Oculus has revealed that all pre-orders have finally been sent out to customers. That’s according to a post on the company’s blog, in which the firm also announced that all new Rift orders are shipping within two to four …
Read More »Washington’s Holocaust Museum seeking Pokestop delisting
Of all the suitable places to go Pokemon hunting, The Holocaust Museum in Washingston DC is probably right near the bottom of the list. It will be no shock, then, to hear that the organisation is not best pleased that Pokemon Go has placed three Pokestops within its building, resulting …
Read More »Pokémon Go has added £7.5bn to Nintendo market value since its launch
Mobile hit Pokmon Go has had a very positive impact on Nintendo’s share price. Since the game launched in select regions last Thursday (July 6th), the platform holder’s share price has risen 60 per cent from 14,390 to a high of 23,045 on the Tokyo Exchange yesterday (Tuesday, July 13th). …
Read More »Movie makers suddenly want back on the Pokemon train
Pokemon has within the space of a week become one of the hottest properties on the planet. So it shouldn’t come as a massive surprise to hear that film studios are among the many businesses looking at the colossal success of Pokemon Go and wondering how that could work for …
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