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SCEA president, Shawn Layden, promises more VR news to come in the coming months
Read More »PSVR turns one year old and celebrates 1 million users
Blizzard announce Nexus Games Europe, an international tournament for non-HGC players that pits national teams against each other
Blizzard has announced a new Heroes of the Storm tournament, the Nexus Games Europe, a competition that will see top players from outside of the HGC fighting for triumph while competing in national European teams. The tournament will kick off on November 14, just ten days after Blizzcon wraps up …
Read More »Discord chat app to add verified channels for publishers and developers
The use of the software is increasing for offical communcations and community management as well as competing against Skype for in-game chat
Read More »Day One sales for The Flame in the Flood on Switch has beaten all other formats, says Curve
Curve Digital released indie roguelike The Flame in the Flood on the Nintendo Switch yesterday, and the game has already "smashed" expectations, according to publishing director Simon Byron, beating Day One sales for all other platforms it’s been released on. Byron also added on Twitter (see below) that the success of The …
Read More »$199 Oculus Go a step in the right direction, say analysts, but price alone won’t drive adoption
This week, Facebook confirmed that the Oculus Go, a new, standalone VR headset, was on its way in early 2018. Priced at $199, the social giant said its low price should make VR more accessible than ever before. However, while analysts MCV spoke to were generally in agreement that Oculus Go …
Read More »Shaun White joins Gfinity as head of communications
Gfinity has hired EA veteran Shaun White as their head of communications. White previously had a similar role at Electronic Arts, but the during a restructure by the games company that saw regional teams across europe downsized, he left the company. “I had a fantastic 12 years at EA and …
Read More »Japan’s physical game market slows despite SNES Mini boom
As we reported on Wednesday, the SNES Mini was the main story of Japanese retail this week, out-selling both the Switch and the NES Mini in its first week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. The NES Mini, by comparison, sold just 263,000 units in its first week on sale, …
Read More »New Xbox One S bundles feature Rocket League and Minecraft
Microsoft has announced three new Xbox One S bundles priced at just £229. Launching in the coming weeks, the UK will receive an Xbox One S Rocket League Blast-Off Bundle, an Xbox One S Starter Bundle and – for those that didn’t manage to get their hands on the limited edition …
Read More »Fnatic make it to League of Legends World Championship quarter finals with a fairytale comeback
Fnatic managed a fairytale comeback yesterday, earning themselves a spot in the quarterfinal of the League of Legends World Championship, coming from a 0-4 first week in Group B to win 4 successive matches, beating a triple tiebreak situation. Fnatic didn’t win a single game in their first week, and …
Read More »Riot Games’ cofounders step back into active development as the studio looks towards game two
Riot’s founders, Brandon Beck and Marc Merill, are changing their roles so that they’re more in touch with active development at the company. This was revealed in a blog post entitled ‘Founders’ Lane Swap’, where the pair talk about the early days of Riot Games, 11 years ago, mentioning that …
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