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Las Vegas will this year play host to GameStop’s annual consumer expo in the US. Having last year taken place in California, GameStop Expo 2015 will take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on September 2nd. Confirmed attendees include Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision, EA, Warner and Take-Two. In …

Andrey ‘Reynad’ Yanyuk’s eSports team Tempo Storm is branching out into animated comedy. The Hearthstone collective has announced a series called The Inn Crowd by Polish animator Wojciech Gorny, who is a member of YouTube comedy channel MaxFloRec. It will star cartoon versions of not only Reynad but also Tempo …

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The duo behind Crossy Road studio Hipster Whale has helped to fund a new developer in Australia. Prettygreat has completed an early stage round of seed funding to the tune of $500,000, with key investors including Matt Hall and Andy Sum. The new studio was founded in February by three …

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Nintendo has announced a Wii U and 3DS release for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Confirmed events include the 100-metre sprint, football, table tennis, beach volleyball and rhythmic gymnastics. Some events will be exclusive to a particular version. On Wii U, for instance, players will be …

It looks as if a PS4 including a 1TB hard drive is on the way, with an announcement at E3 looking very likely. Engadget reports that an FCC listing has detailed two new PS4 SKUs, one of which houses the larger HDD. Current models pack a 500GB unit. Users are …

Gaming’s two strategy guide powerhouses are now one. Prima owner Penguin Random House – which itself was formed by a merger in 2013 – has acquired rival BradyGames and merged it into its own label. Brady’s online content has been migrated onto Primagames.com, with existing Brady account owners able to …