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The slow sales of EA’s Titanfall 2 have led to a big price cut for the title less than a month after release. Leaked in-store ads from High Street retailer HMV show that the game will be cut to 19.99 on both Xbox One and PC. The chain was not …
Read More »Overwatch scoops five awards at Golden Joysticks
Blizzard’s Overwatch was the big winner at the 2016 Golden Joystick Awards, claiming more prizes than any other title. The multiplayer shooter won Best Original Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Competitive Game of the Year, Best Gaming Moment, and PC Game of the Year. The Witcher 3, meanwhile claimed three gongs …
Read More »Blizzard scraps Overwatch graphic novel plans
Overwatch’s full length graphic novel is no more. Overwatch: First Strike had been set to launch digitally this month and in print via Dark Horse next April. We have decided to cancel the release of the Overwatch: First Strike graphic novel,” lead writer Michael Chu confirmed. While we are grateful …
Read More »Bethesda Pinball is real and on the way
Zen Studios has announced a partnership with Bethesda for three pinball tables based on some of its biggest IP. The tables, presumably on the way to PinballFX 2, will be themed on Skyrim, Fallout and Doom. Explore the secrets of the post-nuclear wasteland in a world decimated by atomic war, …
Read More »Star Citizen dev promises to share current production schedules
With a release date seemingly no closer to arriving, RSI has said that it will now publicise updated internal production schedules on a regular basis. We have taken a lot of flak over the last couple of years for the extending timeline of Star Citizen, but the simple fact is …
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty holds off Watch Dogs 2 to retain No.1
Updated: Ubisoft has since reached out to MCV concerning Watch Dogs 2’s boxed sales performance in the UK thus far. Original story: Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 has failed to capture the top spot in its first week of release. The publisher had previously admitted that pre-orders for the title had …
Read More »Warner Bros agrees to buy Machinima
Having already invested plenty in the company, Warner Bros has now signed a deal to acquire full control of the video specialist. Deadline reports that Machinima will join Warner’s Digital Networks division. Early last year Warner led a $24m investment drive for it. The move is designed to allow Warner …
Read More »Vive and Oculus Rift sales predicted to hit 770k by year end
2016 has been the year of VR, but how many units are actually in the hands of consumers? That’s the big question that still hangs over the sector, and one that SuperData has now tried to answer. As reported by Upload VR, the research specialist predicts the following install bases …
Read More »EA ups disclosure requirements for sponsored content
Influencers and YouTubers who agree to promote EA content will from now on need to be even more transparent about their commercial agreements. Polygon reports that the publisher now requires the use of two hashtags – #supportedbyEA and #advertisment. The former is to be used in situations where content is …
Read More »Game Awards will encourage developer transparency thanks to No Man’s Sky
Video host Geoff Keighley has said the controversy surrounding No Man’s Sky has forced a change in how next month’s Game Awards Show will operate. Hello Games’ space title has caused a quite extraordinary amount of controversy online thanks to the disparity between its pre-release marketing and show reels and …
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