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Breakout multiplayer hit Rocket League looks likely to make the move onto Xbox. The game has been a smash hit on PS4, where it was a free download for PlayStation Plus members, and has also topped the sales charts on Steam. It has to date been downloaded over 5m times. …
Read More »Riot has killed off a League of Legends hero that some people paid money for
League of Legends players came in for a bit of a shock this week when it was discovered that one of the game’s heroes has been killed off. The news was a particular blow for those who had paid cash to play as the pirate Gangplank, or to access any …
Read More »Plays.tv to offer player POV at Gamescom, ESL Cologne tournaments
Spectators of the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters tournaments at Gamescom will now see the action from their favourite player’s point of view within minutes of the match ending, thanks to Plays.tv. The video-capture and sharing platform has partnered with ESL to have their technology installed on every computer players compete …
Read More »Discover how RISK was designed for All-in-One PCs
Intel Developer Blog: Key insights into how to get the best out of this form factor
Read More »Fuze to publish Mega Man Legends successor Red Ash, console ports confirmed
Mega Man Legends spiritual successor Red Ash has been funded and confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One in addition to PC, thanks to a new publishing deal with Fuze Entertainment. VG247 reports on the news, which was announced by developer Comcept in an updated on the game’s in-progress Kickstarter campaign. …
Read More »Rocket League climbs to 5m downloads
Rocket League has hit 5m downloads in only a matter of weeks, developer Psyonix has announced. Polygon reports on the milestone, which is made up by the combination of PC and PS4 purchases with PS Plus downloads. According to the studio, the figure doubles the lifetime downloads of Supersonic Acrobatic …
Read More »Sega partners with GameSessions for PC rental and game trials
A number of Sega’s PC properties will soon be available on a ‘try before you buy’ basis. The publisher has teamed up with GameSessions to offer titles such as Football Manager 2015, Company of Heroes 2, Sonic Generations and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine via the online service. Should users go …
Read More »Steam top nine sellers: July 19-25
Rocket League is at the peak of Steam’s best sellers chart again this week, beating out Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved for the top spot. Grand Theft Auto V continues to do its thing in third, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Elder Scrolls Online rounding out the top …
Read More »Fnatic finishes League of Legends season undefeated
For the first time in eSports history a League of Legends team has finished the season undeafeated. The Daily Dot reports that Fnatic won all 18 matches of its League Championship Series season. The previous best season performance was posted by Cloud9 in 2013 when it finished the season at …
Read More »Steam revenues hit $1.5bn in 2014, report claims
Valve made more than $730m in revenue from Steam and its own games in 2014, according to a report. Market data firm SuperData providedThe Knowwith estimated revenues for both Valve’s digital marketplace and its top three games DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive.Those titles were said to …
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