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The new Series D investment brings the total financing of the company up to $2bn with a product yet to launch
Read More »Magic Leap raise more money with recent $502m investment round
Ultimo Hombre aiming to bring esports to masses over next 18 months
A new series of esports events are coming to the UK as the result of a partnership between new outfit Ultimo Hombre and nightclub chain Deltic. Ultimo Hombre’s aim is to make esports accessible to everyone, and to that end they’ll be putting on ‘Gamerdays’ over the next 18 months …
Read More »Fnatic announce Deezer as organisation’s first ever music sponsor
Fnatic and music streaming service Deezer have today announced a partnership that will see Deezer become Fnatic’s first ever musical partner. What is a musical partner? It means that Fnatic team members will be listening to music via Deezer and sharing their personal playlists to Deezer users in Europe, North …
Read More »UK Government addresses concerns raised by MP over loot boxes
The response from the DCMS department says that a close eye is being kept on the situation despite already being addressed in March 2017
Read More »Tomb Raider creative director Ian Milham leaves to join Outpost Games
Announced on Twitter and picked up by Videogamer, Milham leaves to join former colleagues but leaves on good terms
Read More »Adidas files trademark opposition over ELEAGUE logo
Monolothic sportswear outfit Adidas has filed opposition to a trademark application of Turner Sports’ ELEAGUE. ELEAGUE has been around for 18 months now, and has quickly earned a reputation for top tier events with tournaments across a variety of different games. Adidas’s opposition isn’t to esports in general, indeed they …
Read More »Activision filed a patent for a microtransaction system in 2015
The patent, which was reported by Glixel and IGN, is for a workflow system that 'drives microtransactions in multiplayer video games' and is apparently not in use
Read More »EA closes Dead Space developer Visceral Games
The studio was working on a new Star Wars title but closure rumours that surfaced earlier on Kotaku were later confirmed by EA
Read More »Sony Music becomes a video game publisher with new Unties indie label
The new label which is focused on publishing indie games in Japan will also release games on Nintendo Switch
Read More »Improbable’s SpatialOS integration with Unreal Engine now in open beta
The newest version of SpatialOS will allow developer to achieve high-fidelity graphics using the Unreal integration
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