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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 …

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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 …

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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). …

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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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Saints Row, Payday, Yooka-Laylee, Rocket League, Goat Simulator and Perfect Dark star in new Worms game

Team17 has included some major video games into its next Worms title. Worms W.M.D is due on August 23rd for Xbox One and PS4, and those that pre-order the game will receive levels, costumes and weapons based on Rocket League, Goat Simulator, Saints Row IV, Payday 2, Unturned, Broforce, Orcs …

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Madden’s return to PC is not looking likely

EA’s FIFA series remains ever present on PC, but the Madden series has been absent since 2006 – and that’s not looking likely to change. PC is literally based on demand,” EA Canada’s senior VP and GM for FIFA Matt Bilbey told Game Informer. There’s still the high demand for …

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