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Read More »Adventure Time and Ben 10 games to be made by Outright Games
Outright partners with Cartoon Network for Adventure Time and Ben 10 games
Oh my glob! Publisher Outright Games has announced that it is to release games based on Adventure Time and Ben 10 after signing a partnership with Cartoon Network. Few specifics are known about the games. The Adventure Time outing appears to be a mystery game of some sort, and the …
Read More »Rocket League boosts to 33 million players
Psyonix release new stats to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the breakout hit
Read More »ESL and Hoplon announce €10,000 Heavy Metal Machines European tournament
Hoplon and ESL Play announced last week that they would be hosting a €10,000 European tournament for Hoplon’s vehicular MOBA Heavy Metal Machines. Registration for its Esports European Championship opened on 1st July 2017 via ESL Play. It’s a bold move in Europe for Hoplon, who are well known as …
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has Early Access period extended
2017’s biggest surprise hit will spend a bit longer in Early Access than had been previously expected. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was released in March and from the off developer Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene has insisted that the title would exit Early Access within six months. That target is now going to be …
Read More »Ubisoft announce For Honor Hero Series, 10k tournament in partnership with ESL
On Wednesday, Ubisoft announced the For Honor Hero Series, an international tournament program, organised with esports outfit ESL, which will kick off on July 8. It’s open to all in Europe and the United States, and will see weekly online 1v1 Duel tournaments across all three of For Honor’s platforms. …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved has doubled in price
Popular survival title Ark: Survival Evolved has undergone a dramatic price increase on Steam. The game had until recently carried a 22.99 price tag on Steam in the UK. At times it had even been available for under a tenner when on sale. Now, however, the game will set buyers …
Read More »Ubisoft continue to fight Vivendi takeover by appointing new board members
Company has two new independent board members to help with tech expertise
Read More »THQ Nordic ‘sad’ the Switch does not have more power
Another company has gone on record to say that it having trouble getting some of its title up and running on Nintendo Switch. THQ Nordic’s business and product development director Reinhard Pollice has confessed to Games Industry that it has faced a challenge” getting 2D turn-based RPG Battle Chasers running …
Read More »Splatoon 2 to get a year of content updates and two years of Splatfest events
Nintendo has promised around a year of extra content updates for its upcoming Switch shooter Splatoon 2, as well as two years of Splatfest events, the platform holder revealed today in its Splatoon 2 Nintendo Direct stream. Much like the original Splatoon on Wii U, Splatfests ask players from all …
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