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$50 will once again be shaved off the price of PS4 in the US. Sony has announced that its $250 Black Friday bundle, which offered a 500GB slim console and copy of Uncharted 4, will be rolled out again this weekend and stay on shelves until Christmas Eve. We first …

Newbay has launched new eSports Pro site, Orry to depart VideoGamer and Rovio hires senior product manager. eSports Pro website is now live MCV has a new sister site following the launch of eSports Pro. Mike Stubbs (pictured, right) has been appointed as staff writer, to cover everything there is …

Day Z creator Dean hall has spoken out in defence of studios who release platform exclusive virtual reality titles, arguing that the VR sector would be weaker without the practise. Hall’s current studio Rocketwerkz recently released Out of Ammo for the HTC Vive. Oculus continues to face heat for its …

To no-one’s surprise, this week’s No.1 in Japan is Final Fantasy XV, according to data from Famitsu. The long-in-development and much-anticipated JRPG sold 716,649 units in its first week on shelves. Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy XV had sold 5m units in its first day on sale worldwide. The …

The main event of the Dota 2 Boston Major got underway yesterday, and already there have been a few big upsets. Spoilers to follow. The first elimination round in the single elimination bracket saw The International 6 winners Wings Gaming face off against The International 5 winners, Evil Geniuses. In …

A number of PlayStation IPs have been confirmed for mobile release by Sony. The platform holder is following Nintendo’s lead by bringing some of its properties to Apple and Android smartphones following its previous failed attempts to restrict mobile versions of its games to a small line of Sony Ericsson …

Nintendo fans will be given the opportunity to re-buy their GameCube catalogue for the first time with Virtual Console emulation of the system on Switch. That’s according to Eurogamer, which says that GameCube support is already up and running on the new console with working versions of Super Mario Sunshine, …

Nintendo thrust the Switch into the limelight last night by presenting the console’s first public gameplay demonstration on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. After showing off upcoming iOS platformer Super Mario Run, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime then lifted the lid of a question mark block to reveal …

Columbus Nova executive Ji Ham will be taking over in the role

Dominique "Sonic Fox" McLean has left the Critical Reaction and is now a free agent.  “I would like to announce my departure from @Team_cR ! They have been way too good to me, and I have enjoyed many years with them!” said Sonic Fox on Twitter. “@Team_cR will always have …