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God of War takes No.2, pushing the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy to No.3
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The BBC on its PlayStation VR World Cup app: ‘A different kind of experience that makes the most of this emerging technology’
Could non-gaming content help VR to regain momentum? Our colleagues at TVBEurope talk to the BBC on bringing the World Cup to headsets
Read More »Overwatch World Cup to take place at Blizzcon
Blizzard will host the first ever Overwatch World Cup at Blizzcon, where the best players in the world will play for their home nation in a battle for national pride. The exhibition tournament will see players come together to form national teams and compete in online qualifiers, with the top …
Read More »Watch Dogs still No.1 as World Cup game rises up charts
Watch Dogs has held onto the top spot for the third week running in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so with in spite of a 47 per cent decline in sales. But EA’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is climbing up the charts, going from …
Read More »Destination Brazil brings the World Cup to Xbox One
Microsoft has announced a host of new World Cup functionality for Xbox One. It’s going by the name Destination Brazil and will arrive on the console on June 12th – the same day the tournament kicks off with hosts Brazil squaring off against Croatia. First off there’s Brazil Now, a …
Read More »Next-gen FIFA gets free World Cup mode
The FIFA World Cup standalone game may not be coming to PS4, Xbox One or PC but some free Brazil-themed content is on the way to those platforms. The FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup add-on is for the Ultimate Team mode and takes the card-collecting mechanic and applies it …
Read More »16 teams already signed up for MCV Games 5s on June 24th
Half the team spaces for next month’s games industry five-a-side competition are already spoken for. Teams from Rockstar Games, Sports Interactive, ShopTo, PlayStation, GreenManGaming, 2K Games, Testology and Intergi are already signed up. Just in time for the World Cup, the MCV Game 5s will pitch publishers, developers and retailers …
Read More »MCV’s five-a-side championship returns next month
Back by popular demand, the Games 5s five-a-side tournament returns next month. Just in time for the World Cup, the contest will pitch publishers, developers and retailers against each other on June 24th. Games 5s is supported by headline sponsor PlayStation. Replica World Cup trophies and Sony prizes are up …
Read More »Amazing Spider-Man 2 takes No.1 from Titanfall
Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 has knocked off Titanfall to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the publisher’s first No.1 since Call of Duty: Ghosts back in December last year. The game outsold its predecessor The Amazing Spider-Man, which peaked at No.2 in 2012. …
Read More »Pikachu is Japan’s World Cup mascot
The Pokemon Company has secured am amazing branding coup by placing Pikachu as Japan’s official World Cup 2014 mascot. The deal was announced in conjunction with Japan’s national kit sponsor Adidas. While Pikachu is the official sponsor he’ll also be joined by ten other Pokemon including G1 favourites Squirtle, Charmander …
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