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The Xbox One has had yet another price cut in the US. All bundles including the entry-level 500GB machine now cost just $249 in the US. This includes bundles featuring Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and the white Quantum Break SKU. Microsoft first shaved some off the price of the …
Read More »Nintendo shares fall sharply after it points out Pokemon Go isn’t its game
It’s almost as if investors didn’t do their research. After a long period of gains in the wake of Pokemon Go’s unprecedented success, Nintendo’s share price has fallen sharply after the platform holder issued a statement clarifying the game’s ownership and warning that it might not see the direct financial …
Read More »Now FaZe Clan is called out for CSGO gambling dishonesty
More names have been dragged into the swelling saga of illegitimate Counter Strike Global Offensive gambling videos. A number of members of eSports team FaZe Clan have been called out by HonorTheCall, which was the source behind the original scoop on shamed YouTubers TmarTn and ProSyndicate. These latest allegations relate …
Read More »CD Projekt adds to calls for Sony to green-light cross platform play
A second dev has called on Sony to take the plunge and open up the PlayStation Network for cross platform multiplayer with Xbox Live. Yesterday Rocket League developer Psyonix said it was ready to go and merely needed the OK from Sony to make such a thing a reality. Now …
Read More »Even without digital data, Overwatch tops US June charts
Blizzard’s Overwatch fared well enough on consoles that even without its digital PC sales being taken into account, the shooter still topped NPD’s US charts for June. However, the year-on-year comparisons for the overall market were pretty bleak, with difficult comparisons to last year’s June launch of Batman: Arkham Knight. …
Read More »Warframe hack saw 775k emails leaked
Developer Digital Extreme has revealed that its online shooter Warframe was the victim of a hack back in November 2014. The studio claims to have only just discovered the breach, which saw 775k user email leaked from an older version of the title’s content management system. Passwords, credit card details …
Read More »Pokemon Go arrives in Japan, ushers in global server meltdown
At long last Japanese players are finally able to download Pokemon Go. Whether they can play it is another question entirely, however. The app itself is available to download on the Japanese versions of both iOS and Google Play. If reports are to be believed it’s a couple of days …
Read More »Nvidia reveals new $1,200 Titan X graphics card
There’s a new powerhouse in the PC graphics card market. The new GeForce Titan X is based on the company’s recent GP102 architecture and packs some serious visual muscle. 11 teraflops of computing power is the headline, powered by 12bn transistors and a record-breaking 3,584 CUDA cores clocked at 1.53GHz. …
Read More »Square Enix unveils world’s first Apple Watch only RPG
An RPG designed exclusively for use on the Apple Watch is under development at Square Enix. Siliconera has a few shreds of information about the game, which is called Cosmos Rings. It seems tied to daily activity, with the number of steps taken by a user having some sort of …
Read More »Ark: Survival of the Fittest put on hold on PS4
The July release of Ark: Survival Evolved’s spin-off mode on PS4 has been postponed. The game’s Survival of the Fittest mode was released as a standalone free-to-play download on PC earlier this year and had been scheduled for a release on PS4 this month. However, development has been put on …
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