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It looks like the days of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s are over as Samsung has told all users to power down.” After reports yesterday that production of the Note 7 had stopped, Samsung came out and confirmed that was the case, and that they have told all carriers and …
Read More »Some physical versions of Mafia III on PC are missing activation codes
Some of the Mafia III Deluxe Editions on PC are missing an activation code, meaning people are not able to play the game. In the Deluxe Edition the game comes as a physical disk, or six, to install it to your PC. However a code is required to activate the …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship prize pool now over $4 million
In game purchases have boosted the League of Legends World Championship prize pool by more than $2 million. 25% of all purchases of the Championship Zed skin and the Championship Ward are directly added to the prize pool, while 30% of team icon sales are sent directly to the teams. …
Read More »Potential Mass Effect: Andromeda release date leaked by official art book
A slip up on the Amazon listing for the official Mass Effect: Andromeda art book may have revealed the game’s release date. Destructoid noticed that the listing for The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda on the US version of Amazon currently has a release date of March 21st 2017. Now …
Read More »Wasteland 3 fully funded in just three days
Wasteland 3 has successfully been funded on Fig to the tune of $2.75 million after just three days. The campaign for the party based roleplaying game was launched on October 5th, seeking $2,750,000. At the time of writing the total raised stands at $2,819,926, with 24 days left on the …
Read More »Jeff Minter’s Polybius is a PSVR exclusive
Jeff Minter from Space Giraffe and TxK fame is re-imaging the legendary Polybius arcade game as a PSVR exclusive. Announced with an incredibly detailed short story on the Playstation Blog, Minter revealed that he has decided to create Polybius exclusively for PSVR. He said in the announcement that it was …
Read More »Star Citizen’s single player campaign will miss 2016 launch date
Squadron 42, the single player branch of Star Citizen, has been delayed into 2017. At Citizencon the team at Cloud Imperium Games announced the delay, saying that the campaign would not meet its 2016 release date. While a lot of the technology behind the game is done there are still …
Read More »Production of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 reportedly suspended
According to reports from South Korea production of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has been suspended. South Korean news company Yonhap reported that all production of the Note 7 has been halted after it was discovered that the new replacement devices were also likely to catch fire. Last month Samsung …
Read More »Inside the Unique Culture and Business of Jonas Jerebko’s Trendsetting eSports Deals
This past July, while at Vegas Summer League watching his young Celtics get their fresh start in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko was up to something new himself sitting in the stands. Jerebko, who was with a business partner James O’Connor, texted Tobias Sherman, the IMG global head of eSports, We …
Read More »Thijs on the state of Hearthstone before BlizzCon
Thijs ‘Thijs’ Molendijk has proven himself one of Europe’s strongest Hearthstone talents time and time again. The Dutch prodigy is a regular fixture at the top of the podium on the EU leg of the Championship Tour, earning a spot at next month’s big one: the Hearthstone World Championship at …
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