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Former PlayStation VP of third-party relations Adam Boyes has joined Killer Instinct developer Iron Galaxy as the studio’s new CEO. Boyes announced that he was leaving Sony after four yearsearlier this month, saying at the time that he would be looking to make a return to independent development. In his …
Read More »Wii U sales stumble as Nintendo losses increase
Nintendo’s latest quarterly reports have shown a $233m loss, with the bottom finally dropping out of the Wii U market. Wii U hardware sales fell by over 50 per cent for the three months ending June to just 220 units while 3DS sales fell by seven per cent to 940k. …
Read More »Sweeney: Microsoft’s ‘sneaky manouevres’ aim to break Steam
Epic Games co-founder renews attack on Universal Windows Platform
Read More »Nintendo NX: The pros and cons of a transforming portable
We finally have a pretty firm idea of what Nintendo has in store for the upcoming NX. As revealed by an extensive pair of reports from Eurogamer yesterday, the console is a portable/home system hybrid. The unit has an integrated screen with a controller plugged into either end. When on …
Read More »The International 6 has the biggest eSports prize pool ever
The community funded prize pool for The International 6 has become the largest prize pool in eSports history. Currently the prize pool sits at $18,571,128 although that will continue to grow until the competition is over on August 13th. Many are expecting the prize pool to break the $20,000,000 barrier …
Read More »Iron Galaxy appoints former PlayStation exec Adam Boyes as CEO
Director of product development Chelsea Blasko promoted to chief product officer
Read More »Greenshoots applications closes next week
Apply by 12pm Tuesday, Auguse 2nd to be in with a chance of up to £50,000 plus Xbox support
Read More »Expanded Oculus motion-tracking support paves way for room-scale VR
Oculus has updated the number of motion-tracking sensors supported by the Rift virtual reality headset, ahead of the launch of its Touch motion controllers later this year. The tech now allows devs to track through up to four boxes, twice the number used in the standard room-scale VR setup for …
Read More »Nintendo’s NX will be a handheld with removable controllers that runs on cartridges
Main body of machine will be a screen with a folding stand for portable use, running on Nvidia’s Tegra processor
Read More »NX is a portable console with detachable controllers, report claims
Nintendo’s NX, according to new reports, IS a portable console that can hook up to a TV. Eurogamer says it has word from a number of sources that the NX is a high-power portable console with its own integrated display. It adds that the device has an attachable controller at …
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