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The Oculus Rift headset will this weekend be available to buy from retailer Best Buy in the US – despite the fact that many pre-orders remain unfulfilled. Oculus launched over a month ago, but manufacturing problems have left many pre-order customers waiting for their headsets. However, stock that could have …

Consumers won’t be able to get their hands on the Remastered version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without buying this year’s new release as well. Activision yesterday announced COD: Infinite Warfare and COD: Modern Warfare Remastered, both of which had been previously leaked. However, the second title will only …

Sony’s Ratchet & Clank series continues to hold the No.1 position in the Gfk Top 40. The action platformer, which became the fastest-selling game in the franchise’s history last week, suffered a 49 per cent sales drop week-on-week. It may sound like a significant drop, but that’s a pretty decent …

The top-end Call of Duty Infinite Warfare version will only be sold at GAME. The Legacy Pro Edition features a soundtrack, some extra DLC, a Steelbook case, as well as the game and a copy of Modern Warfare Remastered. The other versions of the title includes the normal version, Digital …

Nintendo has reiterated that it will make money on each NX unit sold. The firm traditionally makes money off of its hardware business, in contrast to its rivals which loses money on the consoles in the hope they’ll make the money back from the software. However, with Wii U – …

Activision has confirmed that its next Call of Duty game will be called Infinite Warfare. The game is due out on November 4th and will go ‘beyond Earth’ and take place in the wider solar system. The game is being created by Infinity Ward, the studio that created the franchise …

In an interview with MCV, owner of Team Dignitas, Michael “ODEE” O’Dell, denied reports that he has sold the organisation’s spot in the NA LCS Challenger Series. “At the moment it [the Dignitas LoL team] is kind of up in the air,” said ODEE at the CEVO Gfinity Season 9 …

In an interview with MCV, owner of Team Dignitas, Michael ODEE” O’Dell, denied reports that he has sold the organisation’s spot in the NA LCS Challenger Series. At the moment it [the Dignitas LoL team] is kind of up in the air,” said ODEE at the CEVO Gfinity Season 9 …

The initial schedule and the first three groups for the upcoming ELEAGUE competition from US media giant Turner have been announced. The action will kick off on Tuesday May 24th, with Group A that features MLG Columbus champions Luminosity along with Team Liquid, Cloud9 and Renegades. Each week Tuesdays and …

The Kickstarter for a new FPS from the co-creator of Doom has been cancelled. The crowdfunding campaign for Blackroom only went live on Monday and had in the four days that followed received backing of over $130k, toward its goal of $700k. However, John Romero and Id Software co-founder Adrian …