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Mobile game firm Social Game Network has purchased indie studios Fat Rascal Games and Kiwi Inc. The Los Angeles Timesreports the acquisitions were made using an unspecified portion of the $130m the company received in a recent funding round from Korean investment group Netmarble. SGN has opened offices local to …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s novel arrives next week
Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon has announced a novel based on the hit horror series will arrive next week. In a post on the franchise’sSteam forums, Cawthon revealed Five Nights at Freddy’s: The Untold Story will release on Amazon Kindle first, with a physical release to come after. …
Read More »Rocket League holiday update adds hockey mode
A new update has arrived for Rocket League, adding a new hockey mode and a list of holiday-themed items to the popular release. A post on the game’s twitter accountannounces the content drop is out now for both PS4 and PC versions. Along with the new mode, several festive items …
Read More »Turok remastered release hits PC this week
Night Dive Studios has revealed it will launch a remastered edition of Turok on PC this Thursday. The title – originally developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim – will launch on Steam, GOG, and Humble Store on December 17th. The updated release will include high resolution and widescreen …
Read More »Super Mario Galaxy rated for Wii U Virtual Console
A new ESRB listing indicates a Virtual Console release of the original Super Mario Galaxy is on the way. VG247 reports the new listing provides the expected E rating, with Wii U listed as its platform. While Super Mario Galaxy 2 received a Virtual Console release on Wii U outside …
Read More »Magic Leap surpasses $1bn in total funding – report
Magic Leap has raised over $800m in its latest funding round. Forbes reports the augmented reality start-up raised $827m in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total investment to more than $1.4bn. The report cities filings obtained via a private market data tracker. The news has yet to be confirmed …
Read More »Azubu finishes funding round to grow eSports network
Investors have provided Azubu €55m in the eSports company’s latest round of funding. According to the announcement, Swiss group Sallfort Privatbank and London’s own Sapinda Group are among those investing in Azubu’s expansion. The firm aims to put the money toward the continued development of its current platform, Azubu 3.0, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: December 6-12
Fallout 4 is back on top of Steam’s weekly top ten sellers chart, with Rainbow Six Siege hot on its heels. The pair finished first and second respectively, ahead of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. New releases Just Cause 3 and Hurtworld rounded out the top five. A pair of titles out …
Read More »Record US sales for PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U in November – NPD
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw record revenue for their current-gen console hardware last month, NPD has reported. Hardware sales for November 2015 reached $1.12bn. That’s up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year, driven by a 14 per cent increase in console hardware revenue – which …
Read More »Towerfall Ascension comes to Vita this week
TowerFall Ascension will arrive on PS Vita later this week, developer Matt Thorson has announced. A post on the PlayStation blogreveals both the base game and its Dark World Expansion will hit Sony’s handheld this Tuesday, November 15th. The Vita edition features an ad-hoc wireless co-op option to play against …
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