Author: Tom Phillips
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Microsoft now advertising Activision acquisition on the tube
[ad_1] Microsoft is now running adverts for its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition on the London tube network. Digital advertising branded with Xbox and Microsoft logos have been spotted with the following message: “Call of Duty. For 150 million more players.” As spotted by Tom Warren, the advert comes a month after…
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Watch the final Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer here
[ad_1] Today brings Nintendo’s last trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, containing three minutes of footage from the highly-anticipated sequel. After years of wait, we’re now less than a month away from Tears of the Kingdom’s arrival – and there’s still so much we don’t know about the…
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Microsoft responds to re-filed “gamer’s lawsuit” against Activision acquisition
[ad_1] Microsoft has responded to the re-filing of a lawsuit by a group of gamers bringing their own legal challenge against the company’s $68.7bn Activsion Blizzard acquisition. A new 73-page missive by the self-proclaimed gamers includes fresh details they say have been taken from redacted documents given “directly to the board of…
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Nintendo Russia CEO running import company to skirt official sales ban – report
[ad_1] The controversial boss of Nintendo’s Russian division has reportedly set up a secondary company to import and sell Nintendo games, skirting the Super Mario maker’s official Russian sales ban. Nintendo officially halted product shipments to Russia in March 2022, and said its decision would remain in place for the “forseeable future”. Nintendo…
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Microsoft launches PC Game Pass in Ukraine, and swathe of other countries
[ad_1] PC Game Pass has now officially become available in 40 more countries, including many more in Europe. If you’re reading this in Luxembourg, Iceland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia or Ukraine, your time to sign up to PC Game Pass has finally come. The same…
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Nintendo Live 2023 to be held in Seattle
[ad_1] Nintendo Live, the company’s annual in-person fan event, will be held this year in Seattle, Washington. It’s the first time Nintendo Live has been held outside of Japan. Previous iterations have been run in Kyoto (2018 and 2019) and Tokyo (2022). 2023’s event will be held sometime in September, with more…
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Redfall locked to 30fps on Xbox Series X/S at launch
[ad_1] Arkane’s co-op vampire shooter Redfall will arrive locked at 30fps on Xbox Series X and S. On Xbox Series S, the game will run at 1440p and 30fps. On Xbox Series X, Redfall will run at 4K and 30fps. These options represent the game’s “Quality mode” setting for each platform. …
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Bethesda games dominate PlayStation Plus Premium offering for April
[ad_1] April’s list of PlayStation Plus games for Extra and Premium subscribers is dominated by Bethesda-published classics, with numerous titles from franchises such as Doom, Wolfenstein, Dishonored and The Evil Within. It’s curious timing for the Microsoft-owned Bethesda to suddenly flood the service with its back catalogue in this way. Could…
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Konami employee arrested for attempted murder of colleague
[ad_1] A 41-year-old Konami employee has been arrested under suspicion of attempted murder, after attacking their former boss with a fire extinguisher while at work. The unnamed employee reportedly struck their former boss with the fire extinguisher on the back of the head, before being pinned down by other colleagues until…
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Arcane season 2 coming 2024 at the earliest
[ad_1] The brilliant animated series Arcane will not return to our screens this year. Season 2 of Arcane is just “not ready yet”, Riot Games boss Nicolo Laurent has said, when asked when the League of Legends spin-off show would be back. The first season of Arcane debuted back in November…