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Xbox has announced that it is acquiring MinecraftEdu and releasing a new edition of Minecraft for schools. Entitled Minecraft: Education Edition, the title is being made in collaboration with Teacher Gaming. It is currently set for release this summer. The title is going to be building upon what MinecraftEdu does …
Read More »Ex-TSM Counter-Strike players form Astralis, become co-owners
A Danish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team has become the latest eSports squad to self-organise and determine their own future. Since leaving Team SoloMid at the end of last year – citing the complexities of living in Europe while being managed from the US West Coast – the Danish team has …
Read More »EA Access is now available on PC
Publisher EA has launched a PC version of its Access subscription service. EA Access debuted on Xbox One in 2014. For 3.99 per month gamers are given unlimited access to a growing catalogue of titles. Now PC gamers are able to get involved with the access via EA’s Origin PC …
Read More »Steam Winter Sale boasts big gains over Valve’s previous promotions
Valve’s alteration of how it conducts its Steam Winter Sale appears to have paid off. In short: More customers bought more games across more of the Steam catalog,” was the headline summary of a Valve post that was seemingly mistakenly posted to the Steam VR page, although not before it …
Read More »HTC Vive pre-orders go live in February
One of the big three virtual reality companies has said consumers will be able to pre-order its headset next month. HTC, which has partnered with Steam to make the Vive, will begin accepting pre-orders on February 29th. Oculus Rift made a similar announcement last week, although that was just two …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture might be launching on Steam
It seems that The Chinese Room’s Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture could be coming to PC. Banner art for the previously PlayStation 4-exclusive has been spotted in Steam’s database, pointing towards the title’s release on that platform. This isn’t the first hint that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture would be …
Read More »Fantasy sports dropped by Vulcun
Vulcun has announced they are dropping the fantasy sports section of their eSports entertainment venture from January 14th. The site originally began as a way to offer regulated fantasy drafting competitions across international borders, however recent litigation efforts by several US states have made such ventures risky. Last month, New …
Read More »PC Rise of the Tomb Raider confirmed for January release
Microsoft has announced that the PC edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider will be hitting Steam and Windows 10 at the end of January. The action adventure title will be coming out on January 28th, according to the publisher. This is in line with what was leaked from Amazon …
Read More »GTX 970 is minimum graphics card needed for VR, Nvidia reveals
‘VR Ready’ badge introduced in effort to make nascent technology more accessible
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: December 13-19
Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly best-sellers list. The game jumped ahead of Fallout 4 thanks to a feature discount promotion during the period, thus it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to see Bethesda’s recent release retake the top spot next time …
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