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Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has made an offer of 1.3bn to purchase Argos owner Home Retail. According to The Guardian, the two companies were locked in talks last night. Sainsbury’s needs to make its offer official by 5pm today (Tuesday, February 2nd), though has the option to extend its deadline in …

Alex Nichiporchik, CEO of TinyBuild, reveals the role that alcohol, a contract signed on a napkin and throwing away the original design played in the success of Party Hard

Foam Sword seeking £100,000 on Kickstarter to create Knights and Bikes

There’s another Assassin’s Creed game coming to mobile devices. Ubisoft is launching Assassin’s Creed: Identity onto the App Store on February 25th. The title is taking place during the Italian Renaissance with players charged with discovering the ‘Mystery of The Crows’. Players are able to customise their Assassin characters and …

But the Lego Marvel Avengers studio kicks off the New Year at No.2 in our monthly round-up of most successful studios

Equity investment share of money raised through Fig must undergo additional clarification by US SEC

Last week, YouTube channel The Fine Brothers attempted to trademark ‘React’ in an effort to monetise and license its reaction show format. The company attempted to lay claim to the word ‘react’ with regards to ‘entertainment services’.This, of course, drew the ire of the internet. Fine Bros has made its …

Having previously dismissed the technology, Wii U and 3DS platform holder Nintendo has seemingly softened its stance toward VR. Analyst Serkan Toto says that the company has told investors that it is looking at VR”, although it did not elaborate. There are three premium virtual reality headsets on the way …

Financials reveal 12.6 million lifetime sales for Wii U

'A lot of Chinese companies will come to the West and take the business more seriously,' says US GM Roy Liu