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Classic multiplayer FPS gets ready to do the pew pew

Online retailer Green Man Gaming announced yesterday a new partnership with Ubisoft to integrate its Uplay PC platform. Going forwards, players who purchase Ubisoft games on Green Man Gaming will be able to automatically redeem and add these titles to their Uplay PC library. This automatic game activation feature means …

An EA patent has been uncovered detailing research into adjusting multiplayer matchmaking in order to retain players and boost engagement. The snappily titled Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment for Maximized Engagement in Digital Games debates an idea that is pretty much as described by the title. The abstract for Dynamic difficulty adjustment …

Raymond joins governing body for video games trade organisation

Late on Tuesday, Blizzard announced a two year streaming deal between Twitch and Blizzard’s Overwatch League that will see every match broadcast on Twitch’s streaming platform. The league, which kicks off on Wednesday 10 January, will be broadcast from Twitch.tv/overwatchleague, with Twitch becoming the third-party streaming provider for Overwatch League’s …

Rise of the VRCade

Retaining rights to several games developed there

Nintendo unsurprisingly won Christmas in Japan. What’s more surprising is that it topped the last weekly charts of the year with a title that released back in April, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe charting at No.1 (according to sales data collected by Famitsu from December 25th to 31st 2017). With …

More people logged in than the population of Chile

Christmas 2017 was not as jolly as the previous one for Sony. The platform holder announced that it has sold 5.9m PS4 consoles worldwide between the end of November and December 31st 2017. This figure include both PS4 and PS4 Pro consoles and is a slight decrease compared to last year’s …