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Nintendo has announced that the next wave of Animal Crossing Amiibo figures will be coming to stores in UK very early into 2016. Via the Animal Crossing Twitter account (below), the platform holder revealed that the toys-to-life figures would be launching on Friday, January 29th. Four figures have been confirmed …
Read More »Resident Evil 0 HD set for January release date
Capcom has given its upcoming HD remaster of 2003 survival horror title a release date. The publisher announced via its Capcom Unity blog that Resident Evil 0 HD will be hitting shelves on January 22nd in the UK. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that the Resident …
Read More »The Game Awards watched by 2.3m people
Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards drew in a crowd of no less than 2.3 million people. Speaking to Polygon, Keighley said that the success of this year’s show means that the likelihood of them returning next year is high. The 2015 Game Awards brought in 15 per cent more viewers …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One this month
Steam Early Access darling Ark: Survival Evolved is making its move to Xbox One next week. Studio Wildcard has told IGN it’s bringing Ark to the platform on December 16th and it will set consumers back $34.99. It’s coming to Xbox One courtesy of the the platforms Game Preview program, …
Read More »Around 77,000 Steam accounts are stolen every month
Valve is launching a two-factor authentication Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator app to protect its users accounts against hackers. In a post on its Steam blog, the firm details the on-going issues with users accounts being accessed and pillaged for valuable in-game items. Valve estimates that 77,000 accounts are hijacked every …
Read More »PC Gamer hit 10 million visits in November
Future’s PC Gamer website has smashed its monthly visitor records. The site saw ten million visits during the month of November. This represents a growth of 37 per cent year-on-year. In addition to a growth in visitors, the site also saw a 53 per cent jump in page views – …
Read More »Dirt Rally skids onto PS4 and Xbox One in April
Steam Early Access title Dirt Rally is set for release on PS4 and Xbox One next April. The game has exited Valve’s alpha stage and is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on April 5th. The title debuted on Steam Early Access in April of this year. In …
Read More »Activision tops US November TV ads
Over $94m was spent on television games advertising for the month of November in America. This resulted in 32 gaming brands running 120 commercials on US TV. Of this huge figure, Activision was the biggest contributor, taking up 19.5 per cent of total spend, as reported by Venture Beat. This …
Read More »This year’s Black Friday was PlayStation’s best yet
PlayStation seems to have had a pretty great Black Friday. Speaking to the Financial Times, PlayStation president Andrew House said that Black Friday 2015 was in fact the best-performing the company has seen to date. "We’ve just seen the most successful Black Friday in the company’s history," House said. "We …
Read More »Minecraft finally coming to Wii U
At long last, Mojang’s Minecraft is set to launch on Nintendo’s Wii U. The title is launching on the hardware on December 17th – just in time for the Christmas holidays – and comes with multiple add-on packs. Minecraft: Wii U Edition features off-screen play so uses can play with …
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