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Two of the directors of Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus firm Retro Computers have resigned. Chris Smith (pictured far right) and Paul Andrews (pictured right) have stepped down from the firm due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ between them and the last remaining director, David Levy. A statement released on Smith and …
Read More »PlayStation was most talked-about games company during E3
Research from social media analysis firms Synthesio and ListenFirst has revealed which games publishers were most talked-about at this year’s E3. The data from the former – as reported by GamesBeat – says that PlayStation was the most-talked about games company during the show. 29.87 per cent of tweets mentioned …
Read More »Overwatch servers down following potential Lizard Squad DDoS attack
Blizzard has once again come under attack from hacking group Lizard Squad. The collective appears to have DDoS’d the publisher’s servers for its new online shooter Overwatch. One member of Lizard Squad, AppleJ4ck has claimed alluded to being responsible for the outage (below). DDoS, or a Distributed Denial of Service, …
Read More »Warcraft is now the highest-grossing video game film ever
Duncan Jones’ Warcraft may not have been a critical darling, but it is now the most successful game movie of all time. According to Box Office Mojo, the film has generated $377.6m globally since its debut. This is more successful than Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time which made …
Read More »Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft helping make Zelda
Nintendo’s new Zelda Breath of the Wild is being made with the help of Xenoblade Chronicles X studio Monolith Soft. That’s according to Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto who, speaking to Game Informer, said that over 100 people are helping make the new Zelda title for Wii U and NX. The long-awaited …
Read More »Doom takes No.1 after UK price cut, Overwatch slips to second place
Bethesda’s new Doom has ended Overwatch’s three-weeks at the top of the UK charts. The title saw a 57 per cent rise in sales due to a reduction in price that saw retailers selling the game for 30. It shot to first place from third. This is the first time …
Read More »EA: ‘Story Mode is the biggest new addition to FIFA since Ultimate Team’
Each and every year, around E3 time, EA reveals what’s new with the latest FIFA. Usually, these are tweaks to the physics and core gameplay, or – recently – innovations within the lucrative Ultimate Team mode. But this year’s changes to FIFA are more significant than we’ve seen in years, …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 is first entry in series with Western writer
For the first time ever, a Resident Evil game is being penned by a Western writer. Richard Pearsey, the writer of Spec Ops: The Line and FEAR, is handling writing duties for the brand new entry in Capcom’s horror series. He announced his involvement via Twitter (below). Resident Evil 7: …
Read More »PayPal: Steam Summer Sale starts June 23rd
Payment service PayPal has confirmed when this year’s Steam Summer Sale kicks off. The firm announced via Twitter (below) that the huge sales period will be launching on June 23rd. PayPal also leaked a number of Steam Sales in 2014 and 2015. Steam’s Sales periods are characterised by huge discounts …
Read More »Skylanders TV show coming to Netflix
After years of saying it has no plans for a Skylanders film or cartoon, Activision has announced a TV show based on the toys-to-life brand. Dubbed Skylanders Academy, the project is set to debut on Netflix this autumn. This is the first project to emerge from the TV and film …
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