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Pokmon Sun and Moon technically failed to top the UK weekly charts for their first week.Pokmon Sun debuted at No.3 and Pokmon Moon entered the charts at No.4. GfK however says that combined sales for Nintendo’s latest titles would give them the top spot – so Pokemon is the biggest …
Read More »Black Friday week was Sony’s biggest for PS4 hardware since launch
This year’s Black Friday retail event helped PlayStation 4 have its biggest week since launch. That’s according to GfK Entertainment’s commentary on the charts for the week ending November 26th. During its launch week, PS4 sold more than 250,000 units in the UK. The data firm says that Black Friday …
Read More »G2 Esports turn down invitation to IEM Gyeonggi
With IEM Oakland now over and done with all eyes in the LoL scene are turning to the final big event before the new LCS season kicks off, IEM Gyeonggi. While a number of teams have already been confirmed for the event, such as ROX Tigers and Royal Never Give …
Read More »Longzhu Gaming purchased by Chinese retailer Suning Commerce
The Suning Commerce group has purchased the Korean League of Legends team Longzhu Gaming. Suning Commerce is one of the biggest retailers in China that isn’t owned by the government, giving them the freedom to do what they want. With this freedom they decided to invest in the struggling LCK …
Read More »King launches development contest offering to send winners to GDC 2017
King launches contest for development using its Defold engine
Read More »Ubisoft’s Anne Blondel-Jouin: Launch sales important but not critical
"As long as the feedback from the gamers and the community is great, that means we have achieved our No.1 objective - the rest will come afterwards."
Read More »Glu shut down celeb focused mobile title Katy Perry Pop
Glu are still working on other celebrity titles, with their next musician focussed title, Nicki Minaj: The Empire, currently in soft launch.
Read More »Counter Logic gaming setting up an NA Challenger Series team for 2017
North American organisation Counter Logic Gaming has announced that it plans to field a team in the North American Challenger Series in 2017. This new team will sit alongside it’s championship winning LCS team, and most likely act in a similar way to those of Cloud9 and Team Liquid. New …
Read More »Ubisoft VP: “It’s not going to be the same if Vivendi take over”
Anne Blondel-Jouin has said that Ubisoft's success has largely been derived from being "very autonomous" and "super independent"
Read More »Mars Dota 2 League returns for season five in 2017
The Mars Dota 2 League will return in 2017 for at least one more season, after becoming one of the biggest LANs in the east. Season five of MDL will return in May 2017, with the LAN event taking place between the 10th and 14th. No other details were given …
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