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Reserach group SuperData has released a new brief on eSports viewership, revealing rapid growth within the medium. According to the brief, over 70m individuals tuned in worldwide – with 31.4m coming from the US alone. SuperData reports worldwide viewership has doubled in the last year. eSports are a rapidly growing …
Read More »PS4 and PC horror title Daylight delayed
Zombie Studios has delayed PS4 and PC horror title Daylight, although it’s still due out before the end of the month. The game was scheduled to hit on April 8th but will now instead arrive on April 29th. Daylight is also going to be discounted on PSN for PS Plus …
Read More »New version of Minecraft set for Amazon Fire TV
Minecraft will be one of the big third-party launching on Amazon Fire TV. The video streaming box/games console hybrid has been backed by a number of developers, and Minecraft, Asphalt 8 and an endless-runner game based on Monsters University are all amongst the first third party titles. EA, Ubisoft and …
Read More »Images in Android photography apps: how to capture, handle, share and display them
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at the potential for photography in apps
Read More »Oculus staff and their families receive death threats
Founder Palmer Luckey lashes out at 'unwarranted' abuse following Facebook acquisition
Read More »Deep Silver confirms next-gen Metro release
Metro Redux is real and in the works for the latest generation of consoles, publisher Deep Silver has confirmed. Rumour of the franchise’s jump to next-gen broke yesterday, when a pair of images mentioning the Metro Redux SKU for PS4, Xbox One and PC hit the web. Deep Silver has …
Read More »Valve VR boss Abrash joins Oculus
Valve’s Michael Abrash has joined Oculus after three and a half years with the company. He has been appointed by Oculus as chief scientist just days after the firm was bought by Facebook for $2 billion. Abrash had been leading Valve’s own foray into virtual reality development but said the …
Read More »Origin ditches physical PC game sales; Will affect just 1% of users
EA is to stop selling physical PC games through Origin. Yes, EA sold physical PC games through Origin. The new policy comes into effect this Friday (April 4th). In a statement confirming the news, it said that just one per cent of its customer based buys physical versions of its …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: March 23-29
A 75 per cent discount on Batman: Arkham Origins has the game ahead of the rest on the latest Steam top ten sales chart. WB’s licensed title finished ahead of DayZ for the top spot over the past week on Valve’s digital distribution hub. South Park: The Stick of Truth …
Read More »Bleszinski: Cancelling Minecraft on Oculus makes Notch look like a pouty kid
Famed developer Cliff Bleszinski has criticised Markus Persson for his decision to pull the plug on the Oculus Rift version of Minecraft. Persson announced the cancellation of the project just moments after news of the Facebook acquisition of Oculus was announced, saying: I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me …
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