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A Californian man was arrested last week for sending death threats to Hearthstone, Overwatch and World of Warcraft firm Blizzard. The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California has published a press release, explaining that 28-year old Stephen Cebula had sent messages to Blizzard at the beginning of …
Read More »Read about the Pokémon Go extravaganza in this week’s MCV
As the Pokmon Go phenomenon continues to take over the world, we talk to retailers, licensing firms and merchandise companies to find out what’s next for the series. Elsewhere, we talk to the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV about the increasing number of broadcasters turning to games developers to make …
Read More »Dead Rising 1, 2 and Off The Record are heading to PS4, Xbox One and PC
Capcom has confirmed that upgraded versions of Dead Rising 1, 2 and Off the Record are coming to current-gen consoles and PC. Capcom will be bringing Dead Rising to Xbox One, PS4, and PC. In addition, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will make their way …
Read More »Pokémon Go boosts Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire sales
The massive success of Pokmon Go has caused the sales of two older Pokmon games to rise by over 140 per cent. In this week’s full price charts, Pokmon Alpha Sapphire made it to No.33, with sales up by 145 per cent week-on-week, and Pokmon Omega Ruby took the No.36 …
Read More »Pokémon Go Plus accessory selling for over $100 on eBay
ThePokmonGo Plus peripheral is not launching until the end of July, but it’s already sold out on most online retailers in the US. But there’s one website where you can still find it if you’re willing to spend a lot of money: thePokmonwearable is available on eBay for prices starting …
Read More »Battlefield TV series in development at Paramount
Battlefield is the latest game to be given the TV show treatment. Paramount Television and production company Anonymous Content, which recently worked on TV series The Knick, have acquired the rights of EA’s title, Variety reports. It’s actually not the first time that a Battlefield TV series has been announced …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program and Adrift are coming to PS4
Two popular space games are arriving on PlayStation 4 this week. Space ship building simulator Kerbal Space Program is making its debut on Sony’s console tomorrow (July 12th). The title spent two years on Steam’s Early Access and was released on PC last year. Meanwhile, virtual reality survival game Adrift …
Read More »Retailers to offer Xbox One Scorpio trade-in programs
Original Xbox One owners will be able to trade-in their old console for the new Project Scorpio one when it launches. Speaking to The Daily Star, head of Xbox operations Dave McCarthy confirmed that Microsoft is in talks with retailers to offer trade-in programs. "Some of our retail partners today …
Read More »Multiplay: Overlap between Insomnia and EGX is minimal
Only seven per cent of the consumers who go to Multiplay’s Insomnia also visit rival event, EGX. Speaking to MCV this week, Multiplay founder and CEO Craig Fletcher said that the growing number of games shows, and particularly EGX and Insomnia facing each other later this year, is not a …
Read More »There are some £145 Destiny figures on the way
Toys designer 3A is bringing new Destiny figures to fans. After releasing a Titan figure last year, the company is launching figurines based on the Hunter and Warlock classes. These will come in three different versions: a standard retail edition, a Bambaland one and a Bungie Store exclusive. You can …
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