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Stream.Me has announced that it is creating its own eSports team and the first signing is Carl “Perfect Legend” White. Perfect Legend is a fighting game player who has won Evo four times in his career. Currently he is mainly playing Mortal Kombat X, although is expected to jump over …
Read More »Epic launches free Rift shooter Robo Recall
Developer Epic Games has finally released its free FPS action title Robo Recall on the Oculus Rift. The game is built with Unreal Engine 4 and features high intensity shooting and melee action, with a large number of enemy characters besieging the player. It requires the Oculus Touch controllers to …
Read More »G2A employee accosts TinyBuild CEO during GDC Q&A
New chapter in TinyBuild / G2A spat
Read More »PS4 sales rise 64% in Japan as NieR: Automata debuts at No.1
PS4 sales in Japan shot up 64 per cent last week, according to the latest data from Famitsu, thanks to a number of new PS4 titles in the Japanese Top Ten. Chief among them was Nier: Automata, which debuted at the top of the charts after shifting 182,762 units. It’s …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands beta sets new Ubisoft record
Over 6.8m players took part in the open beta for Ghost Recon Wildlands. That’s a record high for the company, overtaking the 6m people who participated in the For Honor beta earlier this month. Across the game’s various beta phases, some 6.83m players took part, with over 34m hours played. …
Read More »Distributor Snakebyte eyes up UK market
Consumer electronics specialist Snakebyte is branching out in to the UK and Ireland. The German company has partnered with UK sales and brand consultant Twenty5Eight Solutions, which is headed up by Big Ben Interactive’s and 4Gamers’ Neil Meredith. Snakebyte offers a range of gaming hardware and accessories, although it’s best …
Read More »SuperData predicts 5m Nintendo Switch sales by year end
The Nintendo Switch will sell around 5m units by the end of the year. That’s according to SuperData Research, as reported by Polygon. The number would be a pretty decent performance for the machine when you consider that the Switch’s predecessor, the Wii U, only hit 14m in its entire …
Read More »Oculus looks to bridge gap with Vive with big price cut
Oculus has announced the first major price cut for its Rift VR technology. The Rift headset itself has been cut from $599 to $499, while the recently released Touch controllers have been halved in price to $99 for the pair. This means that the Rift, two controllers and two camera …
Read More »More than 60 indie titles on Nintendo Switch by end of 2017
Nintendo announce commitment at Nintendo Indies
Read More »Roundup: The State of Unreal GDC keynote
Missed anything? Get all of the news right here from Unreal's 'State of Unreal' session, including updates to Unreal's VR Editor.
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