PC strategy title Civilization VI his hit a big milestone just two weeks after its debut. The game’s official Twitter account has announced that 1m people are now playing the game, which to date is only available on PC and Mac. It’s reviewed strongly, too, with an 89 per cent …
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sales nearly 50% down on Black Ops III
This year’s Call of Duty has failed to hit the heights of its predecessor in its first week in the UK. GfK Chart-Track numbers show that week one sales of COD: Infinite Warfare are down 48.4 per cent compared to 2015’s Black Ops III. Even taking into account the lack …
Read More »Blizzard is creating its own league for professional Overwatch
At Blizzcon this past weekend Blizzard revealed the Overwatch League, a professional competition run by the developer. The league will kick off in 2017 and feature teams based in cities across the world. Weekly league play matches will be broadcast online while the end of season playoffs will be traditional …
Read More »Watch Dogs 2 pre-orders short of Ubisoft’s expectations
Ubisoft maintains it is confident in upcoming sequel Watch Dogs 2, but has admitted that pre-orders for the game are lower than it had anticipated. "The pre-orders are not as high as we thought they could be but we feel like the experience is a fantastic experience so we feel …
Read More »Overwatch makes record-breaking march to 20m players
Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch has become the fastest title to reach 20m players in the company’s history. So successful has it proved that Blizzard’s Q3 monthly active user numbers are up 50 per cent year-on-year and 25 per cent on the previous quarter, hitting 42m. That number has doubled …
Read More »Lethal VR: I’ve always wanted to pretend to be Robocop for a few moments.
With VR now truly in motion for consumers, we speak to Three Fields Entertainment on their new game, Lethal VR
Read More »Nominations open the TWICE Picks CES 2017 awards
Nominations are now open for the TWICE Picks Awards, which will be awarded to the best products at the upcoming CES 2017 show. TWICE, our US sister publication is a leading authority in CE news and analysis will select the very best products from the legions on offer, giving them …
Read More »FIFA 17 month one sales up 13% on predecessor
EA’s FIFA 17 most definitely HAS improved upon the performance of last year’s title FIFA 16. There was an element of confusion surrounding the game’s launch, with GfK contacting the press to specify that changes to its sales tracking meant it couldn’t be sure if FIFA 17 had enjoyed a …
Read More »Katamari’s Takahashi releases new Tango AR game Woorld
The latest creation from Katamari Damacy mastermind Keita Takahashi is now available for a very specific group of owners. Woorld, which is an augmented reality title, is designed for Google’s Tango AR platform. And to date only one handset supports it – Lenovo’s Phab 2 Pro. Basically, this is about …
Read More »Microsoft launches Minecraft: Education Edition
A new version of Minecraft targeted and schools and educators is now available to buy. Minecraft: Education Edition isn’t radically different to the vanilla game, but does come with some extra tools for teachers, such as student positional tracking, the easier allocation of resources and some additional in-game items. However, …
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