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The 2017 Smite World Championships will take place between January 5th and January 8th at the new Hi-Rez Expo. Located in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, the new event will replace the usual World Championships but will still play host to the PC and Xbox One …
Read More »GameStop says NX will use physical media
Leading US retailer GameStop has seemingly put to bed rumours that Nintendo’s NX may ditch physical media. "It will have physical media, we will play a role in it, our pre-owned business will also play a role. So we’re excited about that," CEO Paul Raines told investors, as reported by …
Read More »PlayStation was most talked-about games company during E3
Research from social media analysis firms Synthesio and ListenFirst has revealed which games publishers were most talked-about at this year’s E3. The data from the former – as reported by GamesBeat – says that PlayStation was the most-talked about games company during the show. 29.87 per cent of tweets mentioned …
Read More »DFC: Microsoft has killed the Xbox One Slim right out of the gate
Analyst DFC has issued a damning post-E3 verdict on Microsoft’s handling of the Xbox Scorpio reveal. The most immediate problem is Microsoft effectively killed the Xbox One Slim right out of the gate,” it said in an investor update. If there were many Xbox 360, Wii U and even PlayStation …
Read More »Nicolas Wegnez named new Nintendo UK boss
Nicolas Wegnez has been named the new general manager at Nintendo UK. He replaces Simon Kemp, who left the firm last week to persue new career options. He held the role since November 2012. Wegnez is a familar face within Nintendo, having held positions at the platform holder for more …
Read More »Opinion: Emotional labour in the games media (and beyond)
IHS games analyst Steve Bailey asks if we need to be concerned about the sheer extent of hostility that can sometimes face people who work in the games media. Iwas a freelance games journalist up until 2008, writing almost exclusively for print. Then, gaming forums featured some hostility toward the …
Read More »RELEASE DATE ROUNDUP: E3 2016’s biggest announcements
E3 2016 was packed with release dates revelations. Microsoft put the stress on hardware with the announcement of the new Xbox One S, which will launch as soon as this August. It also revealed that Project Scorpio – the new, more powerful Xbox One – is due at the end …
Read More »Ground Shatter’s James Parker on why you should port to consoles
Ahead of his Develop:Brighton talk, the developer of SkyScrappers shares some thoughts on the seemingly daunting console market
Read More »PS4 Neo WILL launch this year, report claims
Well this is a surprise – one report has claimed that PS4 Neo WILL be released in 2016, despite its E3 no-show. Eurogamer reports that several sources have indicated that Neo launches this year”, regardless of the machine’s total absence from E3. The site also questions if 4K will be …
Read More »Bethesda makes it harder to rip off Fallout 4 mods on consoles
A Steam-linked account is now required to upload Fallout 4 mods onto Bethesda’s website. The publisher has faced a bit of a problem since mod support was introduced to the Xbox One version of the RPG, with some users taking mods created by others and available on sites such as …
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