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Yanis Varoufakis used to track the sales of Valve’s in-game microtransactions. Now he might be heading to the Greek parliament. PCGamesN reports that Varoufakis, who used to be Valve’s in-house economist, is being tipped for the role of finance minister in the new Greek parliament. Greece last night elected the …
Read More »HTC makes eSports move, sponsors three professional teams
Smartphone manufacturer HTC has made a big move into the eSports sector by sponsorting no less than three professional teams. The Verge reports that the Chinese company has sealed sponsorship deals with Team Liquid, Cloud9 and Team SoloMid. Walter Wang and Thomas Chen have also been named as HTC’s new …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 expansion Heart of Thorns revealed
Over two years on from its release, MMO Guild Wars 2 is to receive its first expansion. Heart of Thorns will, according to ArenaNet, represent a re-envisioning of progression in an MMO” that offers a new Mastery system that offers new abilities for high level players, rather than simply upping …
Read More »VIDEO: Gearbox’s Homeworld remake has a release date
Homeworld Remastered Collection will be released next month. Gearbox’s HD remaster of its sci-fi classic will be released on PC on February 25th. The SKU includes both Homeworld and Homeworld 2, both in original and remastered forms. As well as its visual HD makeover, complete with brand new textures and …
Read More »Digital Far Cry 4 copies bought from key resellers being deleted from Uplay, report claims
Some users who purchased digital copies of Far Cry 4 from certain key resellers are logging in to Uplay to discover that their game has been deleted. Destructoid reports that a number of Reddit and Ubisoft forum users are complaining that the game has simply vanished from their Uplay PC …
Read More »Amazon claimed a quarter of all Christmas games, music and video sales
Kantar Worldpanel data has revealed the extent of Amazon’s dominance of the UK Christmas entertainment market. For the 12 weeks ending December 21st, one in four pounds spent on video games, physical music and video in the UK went to Amazon, which claimed a 25.6 per cent share of the …
Read More »Devolver reveals new PC title Ronin
Ronin is the next title from indie publisher Devolver Digital. Developed by Tomasz Waclawek, Ronin is a turn-based ninja action title that, in the words of the studio, follows the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation”. Some have drawn parallels …
Read More »Disney XD greenlights video games comedy series
A new live action sitcom that taps into the world of gaming is heading to Disney XD. Variety reports that the series, called Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything, will star Cameron Boyce from current Disney series Jessie and upcoming movie Descendants. Boyce plays a 15 year-old who is forced …
Read More »Riot also working on dedicated European League of Legends network
League of Legends is to receive a dedicated European network, mirroring that planned for the US. Developer Riot revealed its American network plans earlier this month and has now confirmed that an EU project is also underway. The recent launch of an Amsterdam datacentre and changes to its Frankfurt datacentre …
Read More »Microsoft investigating PC to Xbox One streaming
It looks like the game streaming properties of Windows 10 will swing both ways. It has already been revealed that the new operating system will allow the streaming of Xbox One games to PC, but now Microsoft has said that it is also working on allowing the streaming of PC …
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