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Leading esports firm ESL has announced the acquisition of event services and technologies agency ESS. Electronic Sports League has also announced that it has opened a 7,000 square foot full production studio at its LA office – complete with room for an audience of hundreds – which paired with this …
Read More »Microsoft aiming for Chinese Xbox One launch
The Xbox One is being lined up for a release in China, Microsoft has said. Global Times reports that Microsoft’s global vice president Zhang Yaqin has said that the platform holder is stepping up efforts to bring in its multi-purpose Xbox game console to the Chinese market as soon as …
Read More »Origin ditches physical PC game sales; Will affect just 1% of users
EA is to stop selling physical PC games through Origin. Yes, EA sold physical PC games through Origin. The new policy comes into effect this Friday (April 4th). In a statement confirming the news, it said that just one per cent of its customer based buys physical versions of its …
Read More »Apps twice as likely to crash on iOS versus Android – report
Apple’s reputation as offering the most stable operating system around may not be accurate. TechRadar reports that data from Crittercism says that the average app crash rate on iOS 7.1 is 1.6 per cent. In comparison, the rate on Android versions 4.0 and upwards is just 0.7 per cent. That’s …
Read More »Amazon plans New York showcase – time for the Amazon console?
An event later this week could well be the launch platform for Amazon’s long-rumoured Android console. The retail and media giant has been sending out press invites for a gathering in New York on Wednesday (April 2nd) at which it will offer an "update for our video business". All signs …
Read More »Sony: Project Morpheus is an easier sell to indies than publishers
Despite Facebook’s entry into the virtual reality market doesn’t mean the sector won’t be led by indie developers. That’s according to Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who told Polygon that pitching the idea of new tech to indies is proving more successful than trying to lure the big console publishers. …
Read More »InFamous: Second Son holds on to No.1
Sony’s PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son has managed a second consecutive week as UKIE GfK Chart-Track No.1. The superhero title saw sales slip 67 per cent week on week, but that was still enough to fend off Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which itself saw sales fall 64 …
Read More »Metro 2033 and Last Light bundle could be PS4 and Xbox One bound
A new Metro bundle looks likely to be heading to both next-gen consoles. AllGamesBeta grabbed a pair of images from Italian website Everyeye.it that mention a SKU called Metro Redux for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The images mention both 2010 title Metro 2033 and its 2013 sequel Metro: Last …
Read More »Online retailer found to be selling Humble Bundle PC codes for profit
Digital distributor 7 Entertainment has been found to be reselling PC keys obtained from Humble Bundle. Game Informer reports some developers have confirmed that 7 Entertainment’s sites such as Fast2Play, Kinguin and G2Play are currently offering codes that were originally supplied to Humble. Effectively this means that the codes – …
Read More »Bleszinski: Cancelling Minecraft on Oculus makes Notch look like a pouty kid
Famed developer Cliff Bleszinski has criticised Markus Persson for his decision to pull the plug on the Oculus Rift version of Minecraft. Persson announced the cancellation of the project just moments after news of the Facebook acquisition of Oculus was announced, saying: I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me …
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