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Unity allowing developers to export directly to the Chinese app store
Read More »Creative England launches £300,000 fund to help Yorkshire games development
Creative England also offering non-financial help like good advice
Read More »New $100,000 Overwatch tournament gives NA teams a shot a big money over Christmas
The Overwatch Winter Premiere is the latest big money Overwatch tournament to be revealed, with North American teams getting a chance to shine over the Christmas period. The first stage of the event is four open qualifiers, with the top two teams from each qualifier making it into the next …
Read More »New 3DS XL sales up 361% in Japan as Pokémon Sun and Moon launch
In news that will come as no surprise, Pokemon Sun and Moon were the best-selling titles in Japan for the week ending November 20th, according to data from Famitsu. As previously reported, the duo sold 1.9m units between them in their first week on shelves in the region. While impressive, …
Read More »eGames CEO: “We originally wanted Overwatch for the eGames.”
Chester King, CEO of eGames Group, the company behind the eGames pop up event in Rio over the summer revealed that they initially wanted to run an Overwatch competition. While on a panel at the Future Games Summit (full disclosure: the event is ran by eSports Pro’s parent company New …
Read More »PlayStation VR set to eclipse Rift and Vive sales in the UK
Sales of Sony’s PlayStation VR tech are on track to outsell the combined sales of HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, according to data tracker GfK’s October consumer panel survey. The research firm says thatthe hardware’s PlayStation branding led to high expectations for the tech and ‘eradicated many concerns’ about VR. …
Read More »GAME’s COO Guy Lister talks Black Friday
MCV speaks to GAME COO Guy Lister about how the High Street firm is approaching Black Friday this year and how the sales event has affected retail What are your expectations of Black Friday 2016? We’re expecting to see more retailers extend discounts over a longer period around Black Friday. …
Read More »eSports Pro launches
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Read More »Rebellion: ‘Sniper Elite 4 will be our largest marketing campaign’
With only three months to go before the release of Sniper Elite 4, UK-based developer and publisher Rebellion says it will be supporting the title with its biggest marketing push to date. This fourth entry in the franchise is due to hit shelves on February 14th, having previously been scheduled …
Read More »Cliff Harris donating sales to charity: “I thought it might be a good way to shame some bigger companies.”
Positech Games donating Democracy 3 sales to Charity for a 12 day stint
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