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League of Legends developer Riot appears to be going to war with online key seller G2A.com. The Daily Dot reports that the studio recently asked teams sponsored by the retailer at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. And the teams …
Read More »Reddit’s new site does away with all user comments
The often poisonous population of Reddit has led to the site’s owners launching a new portal that eradicates its central principle – user comments. Wired reports that Reddit will tomorrow launch Upvoted. It will still source its content from Reddit, and thus will offer a mix of what many of …
Read More »Monkey Island among a number of smartphone games killed off by Disney
Disney Interactive has officially ‘retired’ a huge number of iOS and Android games. By ‘retiring’ them’ it means affected titles will no longer receive content updates or support, and there will be no refunds for any in-game expenditure players may have invested over the years. Games of note include The …
Read More »Nintendo drops out of best Global Brands 100 list
Apple has again topped Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list, although gaming icon Nintendo has failed to feature for first time ever. The Wii U and 3DS platform holder just scraped into the 2014 listings in 100th place having featured 67th and 56th in the two previous years. Interbrand Japan CEO …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V now offers insurance microtransactions
Offering players the chance to pay real-world cash for in-game insurance is just about bonkers enough to feel absolutely fitting for a Metal Gear Solid game. Konami has announced that a game update released today (Tuesday October 6th) allows players to purchase an ‘FOB Insurance Service’. A player’s in-game Forward …
Read More »Microtransactions are coming to Destiny
Bungie’s shooter Destiny is to shortly begin offering microtransactions to players. As of Tuesday October 13th NPC vendor Tess Everis will return fronting an organisation known as the Eververse Trading Company. To begin with 18 new emotes will be available for an as of yet unspecified price. Items can be …
Read More »World in Conflict server shut-off postponed
Strategy title World on Conflict has, temporarily at least, been saved from the brink. Sadly, all great things must come to an end and this is true even for World in Conflict. It is with sadness that we now inform you that all online services for World in Conflict will …
Read More »Oculus Rift is going to cost more than $350
It looks as if the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is going to end up costing more than estimates have predicted. A year ago the company predicted an RRP of between $200-$400. Last month that forecast had been revised to at least $300”. Now Oculus boss Palmer Luckey has told …
Read More »Star Citizen dev threatens legal action over contested article
Developer Cloud Imperium Games has said it may take The Escapist to court over an article published last week in which it was accused of embezzlement. The piece said that only $8m of the game’s $90m crowdfunding kitty remains, primarily due to wasteful spending, much of which was put behind …
Read More »Shenmue 3 may have to compromise visuals to become a better game
Developer Yu Suzuki has said that the game’s $6,333,295 Kickstarter total is not enough for him to do everything he wanted with Shenmue 3. "I could do with a bit more money,” he told Eurogamer. The game itself doesn’t have to be gorgeous visually – a lot of the money …
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