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Classic Pokemon games hit 1.5M downloads on 3DS Virtual Store
In honor of the Pokemon franchise’s 20 year anniversary in February, Nintendo Co Ltd and The Pokemon Company re-released some of the earliest games in the series through the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Store, and it looks like that move has paid off, as the games have been downloaded over 1.5 million times so far. The ...
PlayStation Network alone brings in more money than all of Nintendo
Nintendo Co Ltd may have excited fans when it revealed that its upcoming console, Nintendo NX, and the next Legend of Zelda game will both be arriving in March of next year, but it looks like the House of Mario will have its work cut out for it if the company wants to match the success ...
ESL launches its own 24/7 esports satellite channel
The Electronic Sports League (ESL) has announced that it will be launching its own esports-focused satellite channel, appropriately named esportsTV, which will finally provide esports fans with a more large scale platform that does not force them to interact with the Twitch community. To launch the new channel, ESL is teaming up with Swedish multimedia entertainment ...
Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old Gods expansion is now live … if you can log in
The wait for Hearthstone’s latest expansion, Whispers of the Old Gods, is finally over. Unfortunately, the servers have become so bogged down with the millions of people who play the game, that it is currently almost impossible to log in and actually play. “We’re investigating an issue affecting our authentication servers, which may result in failed ...
Fallout 4 Creation Kit finally unleashes the full power of the modding community
Modders have been busy creating their own tweaks for Fallout 4 since it launched back in November, but without access to Bethesda Game Studios’ official mod Creation Kit, they have been severely limited in what they can accomplish with the game. Now it looks like the wait for those tools might soon be over, as Bethesda has announced the ...
Classic WoW servers too hard to implement, says Blizzard
A number of World of Warcraft fans were disappointed when Blizzard Entertainment forced the shutdown of Nostalrius, an unofficial “Vanilla” WoW server, and now the studio has come forward with an explanation for its actions. ‘Why not just let Nostalrius continue the way it was?” J. Allen Brack, executive producer of World of Warcraft, said in a forum post. ...
Overwatch Beginner’s Guide: Choosing your hero
The open beta for Overwatch is now only one week away, so this week I will be sharing a few tips and tricks I’ve picked up over the last few months of participating in the closed beta. Reading a few guides won’t make you a top player on day one, but hopefully they can at least give ...
Amazon once again locks popular games and movies behind Prime subscription
Last week, some Amazon users were dismayed to discover that a number of popular games, including Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V, could not be purchased through the website unless they had an Amazon Prime subscription. The restrictions were quickly lifted, suggesting that maybe the move had been accidental, but now it looks like Amazon is ...
ESL bans YouPorn-sponsored esports team from competing
The Electronic Sports League (ESL) has announced that it will no longer allow Team YP, a YouPorn-sponsored esports team, to compete in its events. While many fans have criticized the organization’s move for what they perceive as unnecessary censorship, the ESL says that it has no choice in the matter due to local pornography advertising ...
Amazon temporarily locked some games behind a Prime membership, including GTA V
Earlier today, a number of Amazon users noticed that several popular games, including Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V, could not be purchased through the site unless they were already an Amazon Prime subscriber. The restrictions have since been reverted, but the fact that they happened in the first place could be a sign of trouble for ...
