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The streaming content market has yet another hardware contender – the Amazon Fire TV Stick. The device is a direct rival to Google’s Chromecast. The stick is designed to be plugged into a TV’s HDMI port, allowing for direct streaming of digital content. It houses a dual-core processor and in-built …

Walmart-owned Supermarket chain Asda is being sued over alleged discrepancies between the salaries it pays to male and female workers. The BBC reports that several female employees in Asda’s distribution warehouses have raised the action, with over 10,000 staff having expressed an interest in joining the case. In some cases …

A new search algorithm implemented by Google last week has seen the traffic on some major torrent sites more than halve. TorrentFreak reports that sites that have received high numbers of copyright takedown requests have now been demoted in Google’s search results. The result is that a number of the …

Online retail leader Amazon has posted an operating loss of over half a billion dollars for Q3 2013. The total of $544m is over 20 times more than the loss posted in the same period last year. Net losses reached $437m – up ten times year-on-year. Revenues, however, grew 20 …

Finnish indie developer Frozenbyte has announced the titles in its co-op puzzle platformer series Trine have combined to sell more than 7m copies. The milestone accounts for Trine and Trine 2 units sold across Windows PC, Mac, Linux, Android, PS3, PS4, Wii U and Xbox 360 platforms. To mark the …

Gaming tech company Razer currently carries a value greater than $1bn, according to a leaked document tied to a new round of funding from Intel. Techcruch has its mitts on an internal memo from the firm that states Razer is a billion dollar unicorn” in the tech world. "We’re already …

Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is getting a physical release on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and Vita next month. The game is already available digitally on PS3 and Xbox 360, but this release – dated for November 7th in the UK – is the first time it has …

Christmas is three months away, and retailers need to be prepared for the influx of consumers looking for accessories and peripherals. But what will gamers be searching for on store shelves this year? In years gone by, motion controllers and cameras were top sellers (See ‘Christmases Past’). But today it’s …

Live-streaming service Twitch has vowed to be complete open about sponsored content and promotion. In a post on the firm’s blog VP of marketing and communications Matthew DiPietro said that any sponsored content will be clearly marked. This comes as Steam says that its users need to declare paid-for content …

Telltale’s acclaimed The Walking Dead will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One later this month. Both the first and second series of the game will be released on both next-gen consoles on October 24th, IGN reports. Their release will be staggered in North America, however, with Season one arriving on …