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Valve has released this year’s Digital Compendium ahead of the Dota 2 International eSports tournament. 25 per cent of the Compendium’s $9.99 cost is added to the tournament’s overall prize pool. Furthermore, the more people who buy the Compendium the more content is unlocked for all owners. The kitty currently …
Read More »Access Games details D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die for PC
The first official details on the PC version of Hidetaka ‘Swery65′ Suehiro’s D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die have been revealed by developer Access Games. There have been quite a few changes from the Xbox One version, not least of which is the removal of Kinect controls and the addition of …
Read More »Tommy Palm vows to bring VR to the mass market
Former King man and Candy Crush mastermind Tommy Palm thinks VR is not only nearly upon us, but is destined to become a mass-market proposition. One of the most important takeaways from massively popular mobile games like Candy Crush Saga, is that the majority of all gamers span across many …
Read More »YouTube is ten years old
Or should that be ‘only’ ten years old? Because it can sometimes be hard to remember a time when internet video wasn’t just a click/swipe away. But it wasn’t until May 2005 that YoutUbe launched, and even then it was only in beta. It would be another six months before …
Read More »ESL’s Mortal Kombat X Fatal 8 event attracts big viewer numbers
Mortal Kombat has made its mark in the competitive eSports scene following the success of the ESL’s Fatal 8 tournament. The four-hour tournament totalled over 200k hours watched with peak concurrent viewers of 85,449. There were also official viewing parties in both London and Paris, while #Fatal8 trended on Twitter …
Read More »Adventure Time stars in LittleBigPlanet 3 tie-up
Finn and Jake have got their thumbs into yet another video gaming pie with the release of the Adventure Time Level Kit for PS4 and PS3 title LittleBigPlanet 3. The 3.99 kit includes 16 materials, four objects, 25 decorations and 81 stickers along with two original music tracks and three …
Read More »Bandai Namco launches Galaga Tekken crossover
An unlikely union of brands has arrived on iOS to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tekken series. Available now on iOS and Android, Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary Edition takes the traditional shooter and replaces the ships with Tekken characters. It also offers some extra mechanics, such as the ability …
Read More »Jurassic World: The Game stomps onto iOS
Remember when every big summer movie would get an accompanying triple-A action console game? In the modern games industry, things are very different. Canadian mobile developer Ludia, whose previous titles include Jurassic Park Builder, has released Jurassic World: The Game on iOS. It’s a card battler, with players hatching and …
Read More »CCP boss says not to expect virtual reality boom in 2016
It will take longer than some people think for VR to hit the big time, the CEO of CCP has said. While excited by the technology, Venture Beat reports that Hilmar Veigar Ptursson told the SlushPlay conference in Reykjavik that disruptive technologies always take longer to bed in than most …
Read More »Dead Island 2 delayed until 2016
In news that will of little surprise, Deep Silver’s Dead Island 2 has been significantly delayed. The game was announced in June last year at E3 and had until now had a spring 2015 release date. Despite the fact it is now spring, however, radio silence has been more or …
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