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Nintendo has announced as part of the March NPD results that the Switch has become its fastest selling video game system ever in the US. The console shifted 906k units in March. That puts it ever so slightly ahead of the Wii U, which sold 890k in its first five …
Read More »Ghost Recon: Wildlands returns to the top of the charts
Ubisoft’s latest Tom Clancy title, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, has claimed the UK No.1 title for the third time. That means of the five weeks it has been in the charts, three of them have been spent at the top. We’re only in April yet already Ubisoft has enjoyed five No.1 …
Read More »Misfits Academy secure a spot in the EU LCS
The main Misfits LCS team may be playing in the postseason of the LCS right now, but their sister team has already booked a place in the same competition for the Summer Split. Misfits Academy managed to beat Fnatic Academy to secure a spot in the EU LCS for the …
Read More »Seagull quits pro Overwatch in favour of streaming
Arguably the biggest name in professional Overwatch has quit his team in order to focus on streaming. Brandon "Seagull" Larned rose to fame when his Twitch stream exploded during the early days of Overwatch. He became one of the best players in the west and was signed to the NRG …
Read More »Evil Geniuses and two NASCAR drivers will play in a Halo competition with two fans
So this is a weird one. Two NASCAR drivers have some beef, and want to settle it in Halo. Erik Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing and Clint Bowyer of Stewart-Haas Racing have teamed up with Evil Geniuses and their new sponsor Hisense to hold a Halo show match at the …
Read More »Bigben and Hyundai partner for the 2017 eSports WRC Championship
Bigben Interactive has announced that Hyundai Motor will be the main partner for the 2017 eSports WRC Championship. The competition will be renamed to the eSports WRC powered by Hyundai, which will see the best WRC 6 players battle it out for the title of world champion. The competition is …
Read More »16 players qualify for PES Road to Cardiff event at Anfield
16 European PES players have managed to book a spot in the last regional competition in the PES League Road to Cardiff tournament. RoNeX, crazyFlash7, TRS_EL_MATADOR, his_wideness, Suprema_Ettorito, Teclis-88, IndominatorTV, Sam—, dNationPT, Neo_Lotfi, TioMiit_PW, joanfcb, AlexAlguacil_8, TBC, DexK and bad_boy_g_2011 will all head to Anfield to try and win a …
Read More »Microsoft is trialing a refund system for its digital stores
Trial rolled out to those on Xbox Insider Program
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