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After speculation last week, FaZe Clan has announced that it will no longer be a part of the WESA organisation. Rumours first started appearing last week that said the organisation was looking to back out of WESA, after being unhappy with certain areas. Today FaZe confirmed in a statement on …
Read More »Microsoft cutting 1,850 jobs as part of Nokia cull
1,850 jobs are to be cut as part of Microsoft’s ending of its $7.2bn Nokia adventure. Microsoft acquired the Finnish company in 2013, having previously entered into partnership with the then struggling former giant in 2011. 1,350 of the job cuts will from the Finnish workforce. Microsoft has now said …
Read More »Xbox rumours: Xbox Slim in 2016; upgraded Xbox in 2017; Xbox streaming device for E3
A pair of Xbox rumours have emerged suggesting that we’re on the cusp of an influx of new Xbox hardware. Kotaku reports that Microsoft will release two new Xbox consoles over the next two years. Later this year we’ll see a smaller, cheaper Xbox One followed by a fully upgraded …
Read More »PES 2017 reveal scheduled for this month
Konami has released the first details of PES 2017, which is due out this August. Powered once again with the Fox Engine, additions include the new Real Touch mechanic that alters the flow of the game based on more unpredictable ball movement, and a new Precise Pass system that brings …
Read More »Dyack resurrects Shadow of the Eternals (and criticises the press) once again
A game long ago dubbed as the spiritual successor to GameCube outing Eternal Darkness is amazingly on the verge of yet another comeback. Games journo favourite Denis Dyack has resurfaced once more. No, not as part of Silicon Knights. That closed in 2013. And no, not as part of Precursor …
Read More »Paradox pulls Stellaris mod that removed game’s racial diversity
The makers of PC strategy title Stellaris have taken action against a mod that appeared to push a white supremacist agenda. The mod in question removed the game’s rich mix of cultural and racial characters and replaced them with an all-white cast. Paradox has said that while it was uncomfortable …
Read More »Paradox pulls ‘whitewashing’ Stellaris mod for racial discrimination
‘We embrace the idea that players mod the game to best represent how they want to play, we do NOT however wish to enable discriminatory practices,’ developer says, adding that comments surrounding mod reinforced decision
Read More »Ron Gilbert: ‘Disney, please sell me the Monkey Island IP’
The creator of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert has publicly asked Disney for the rights to some of his gaming IP. Taking to Twitter (below), Gilbert specifically is after the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionproperties – franchises that he created during his time at LucasArts. He even goes as far as …
Read More »IGN on the power of specialist media
IGN won the Media Team prize at the MCV Awards last March. Following this win, Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager, tells MCV about the company’s strategy, the opportunities offered by eSports and why specialist sites are trusted. Congratulations on winning the Media Team category.Thank you. We put a …
Read More »Sony reckons it can sell 20m PS4s this financial year
PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …
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