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Resident Evil 7’s VR mode and Batman: Arkham VR will be exclusive to the PSVR for the first few months. A new set of advertisements on the PlayStation Facebook page revealed that both games will have some form of PlayStation VR exclusivity. Resident Evil 7’s VR mode will be exclusive …
Read More »Digital Homicide drops case against Steam users
Digital Homicide has dropped its controversial court case against Steam users after running out of funds. Just a few weeks ago Digital Homicide decided to sue 100 Steam users for harassment, which in turn got all of their titles removed from Steam after a subpoena was sent to Valve requesting …
Read More »Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare disk required to play CoD 4 remastered
Anyone hoping to play the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare remaster will need to have the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare disk inserted into their console in order to do so. This of course only impacts those that play on Xbox One or PS4 and buy the boxed version …
Read More »The next Dota 2 major will be held in Boston
Dota 2’s next $3 million major tournament will take place in Boston, Massachusetts in early December. PGL will be organising the event, which consists of a group stage that takes place on December 3rd and 4th and a main event that starts on December 7th and concludes on the 10th. …
Read More »Clinton “Fear” Loomis retires from competitive Dota 2
Dota 2 legend and former TI champion Clinton “Fear” Loomis has retired from competitive play and will become a coach. Fear has been a part of the Evil Geniuses Dota 2 team since 2011, winning The International in 2015 and many other top tier tournaments along the way. He has …
Read More »Neeb becomes the first foreigner to win a StarCraft II event in Korea
The one rule of StarCraft II is that the Koreans always win, but now that rule has been broken as Alex "Neeb" Sunderhaft has won the 2016 KeSPA Cup. Neeb’s 4-0 victory over Cho "Trap" Sung Ho in the grand final makes him the first StarCraft II player to ever …
Read More »PewDiePie’s game tops mobile charts across the world
The world’s most popular YouTuber, PewDiePie, released his first mobile game last week and already it is at the top of the mobile charts. PewDiePie Tuber Simulator, which was developed by Outerminds, is currently sat at the number one spot in the iOS free to download charts in the UK …
Read More »Xbox’s Phil Spencer teases Scorpio price
With the PS4 Pro almost in our hands all eyes are turning to Microsoft and Project Scorpio for the next major piece of hardware, and more specifically how much it will cost. In an interview with NZ Gamer, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer spoke briefly about what fans can expect …
Read More »Pokémon Go and No Man’s Sky boost digital revenue to $6.1 billion in August
With two massive digital releases dominating August’s charts it is no surprise that this was a big month for digital spending. According to SuperData Research sales of digital games and microtransactions hit a total of $6.1 billion in August, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to August 2015. …
Read More »Pokémon Go creator Niantic taken to court in The Hague
Dutch authorities are taking legal action against Niantic after they failed to prevent thousands of Pokmon Go players heading to protected beaches. The beaches of Kijkduin have been home to many rare Pokmon since the game’s launch, which obviously resulted in thousands of players heading to the shore line. The …
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