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Chinese mobile and web game giant Tencent is now in control of Swiss game company Miniclip. VentureBeat reports that the deal will expand Tencent’s ever-increasing presence in the European market. It already owns a majority stake in League of Legends creator Riot Games and a minority stake in Epic. It …

Capcom has detailed its 2015 Pro Tour fighting game circuit schedule, with the eSports organization offering up a prize pool of $500,000 this season. A post on the Capcom Unity blog details how the purse will be spread across 16 Ultra Street Fighter IV Premiere events at locations in Asia, …

PlayStation 4 will beat out Xbox One over the first five years of the current console era, market research company Strategy Analytics has predicted. Games Industry reports on the firm’s findings, which claim Sony’s hardware will outsell Microsoft’s by 40 per cent and is on path to reproduce the success …

Free-to-play action MMO World of Tanks is coming to Xbox One, developer Wargaming has announced. IGN has the scoop, including word from the studio that the new-gen Xbox edition will feature cross-play with the currently available Xbox 360 version. Additionally, those upgrading from 360 to Xbox One will be able …

The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn says that there is an uncanny ‘haterade’ for its upcoming PS4 title. The game has this week been caught up in a bit of a storm over allegations that its single player campaign – which comprises the entirety of the game – is …

Zelda on Wii U will be as large a game as the console hardware will allow. Speaking to Gamereactor, producer Eiji Aonuma said that the power of Nintendo’s current home console relative to its predecessors has afforded it a new level of development scope. "A huge, seamlessly unfolding world is …

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Nintendo’s handheld RPG re-make The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D has entered the Japanese charts at No.1, Famitsu data reveals. The title sold 236,536 units in its first week, far ahead of Koei Tecmo’s second place debutant Samurai Warriors 4-II on PS3, which sold 46,923 units. There are four …

Game streaming newcomer D!ngIt.TV has announced a weekly rota of tournaments for five eSports titles, in a bid to establish themselves as serious competition for Twitch viewer share. The microtournaments, held every day of the week from the end of February, will offer up to $8500 worth of payouts per …

There is a disconnect between games reviews and games buyers that renders Metacritic meaningless, according to Rebellion boss Jason Kingsley. The studio’s Sniper Elite series has nailed average review scores of between 77 per cent and 53 per cent, but that hasn’t stopped the last two main games in the …