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For the first time in eSports history a League of Legends team has finished the season undeafeated. The Daily Dot reports that Fnatic won all 18 matches of its League Championship Series season. The previous best season performance was posted by Cloud9 in 2013 when it finished the season at …
Read More »Itagaki: Devil’s Third ‘is going to be a breakthrough for the industry’
Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has claimed that Devil’s Third is so good it will mark a watershed moment in the action game genre. A creator hyping their game is nothing new, of course, although Itagaki is doing so against a backdrop of fierce criticism for his Wii U title, …
Read More »Nvidia says gamers will be ‘delighted’ with Batman Arkham Knight re-release
PC graphics specialist Nvidia has confirmed that it is helping Rocksteady and Warner Bros in their efforts to fix Batman Arkham Knight. "We’re fixing a ton of things that are not necessarily related to us," Nvidia’s Tom Peterson told MMORPG.com, as reported by Polygon. "Some of it may be related …
Read More »Kojima and del Toro to partner on new project
Silent Hills may be no more, but there could yet be a joint venture between Metal Gear creator andfilm director Guillermo del Toro. The duo’s Silent Hills reboot was scrapped in May, but a new project outside of Konami now looks like a possibility. I love working with Kojima-san,” del …
Read More »Chinese console ban to be lifted for good
The temporary lifting of the ban on video games console sales in China is to be made permanent. The Wall Street Journal reports that the temporary easing of restrictions introduced last year is also to be eased, allowing foreign companies to manufacture and sell games and hardware anywhere in the …
Read More »Hulk Hogan pulled from WWE 2K16
He was for years THE iconic face of the WWF/WWE, but now Hulk Hogan is being wiped from wrestling history. Terry ‘Hulk Hogan’ Bollea has in recent days been caught up in a huge media furore after it emerged that a tape of him that is currently embroiled in a …
Read More »Capcom takes Street Fighter V beta offline in bid to fix server woes
Having deactivated its servers only hours after going live, Capcom has now put a complete temporary stop to the Street Fighter V PS4 beta. The beta went live early this morning but has been beset with connectivity problems from the off. The servers were taken offline around an hour after …
Read More »It frustrates people that I like Aliens: Colonial Marines, Pitchford says
What makes a good game? Is it possible to quantify what ‘good’ means? No it’s not, Randy Pitchford argues. You may not like Aliens: Colonial Marines, but he certainly does. Speaking to Eurogamer, Pitchford produced an email from a fan. "I really enjoyed AC:M, my all-time favourite game," it said. …
Read More »Analyst criticises Apple for staying quiet on Apple Watch sales
Despite going on sale in April, we still don’t know how many Apple Watches have sold – and one analyst has said the silence is a sign of weakness. Apple yesterday reported nearly $11bn in profit for the quarter ending June but didn’t reveal any unit sales for the new …
Read More »Retailers push Mighty No.9 release date back to 2016
Question marks hang over Mighty No.9’s September release date. Videogamer reports that retailers including Amazon, GameStop and Walmart have all changed their release date for the physical version of the game from September 2015 to 2016. When questioned, publisher Deep Silver chose not to comment on the news. Mighty No.9 …
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