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League Of Legends Championship Series – The Future of eSports?

Riot Games, the developer of the most played PC game in the world, League of Legends announced today what they think is the future of the eSports genre. Early 2013, the best players around the world will compete in a League of Legends Championship Series. It offers a new professional gaming league with players from all around the world; North America, Europe & Asia. There will be multiple seas...

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Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time Hits North American Stores

The latest instalment of the highly popular Growlanser series of games has been released for the PSP in North American stores and online through the Playstation Network. Growslanser: Wayfarer of Time is the first time that western audiences will be exposed to the fourth edition of the series. It was originally released for the PS2 in 2003. It is a tactical RPG that mixes an epic story with combat ...

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HMV Headlines Gamemaster Golden Joystick Awards 2012

Future, the UK’s leading games media group announced today that HMV will headline and be the official sponsor of The Gamemaster Golden Joystick Awards 2012 this year. The event is to be held at The Westminster Park Plaza on Friday 26th October 2012. How popular is the Gamemaster Golden Joystick Awards? The Guinness World Record of over 2.1 million voters will tell you. HMV is also putting their na...

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The Political Machine 2012 – Can You Do Better Than The President?

The Political Machine 2012 is the next edition of its popular political strategy game developed by Stardock for the PC platform. If you think you can do better than the president, then this is your chance! You can play as political powerhouses including Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich, or create your own from scratch. [divider] Since this is the 2012 edition, ...

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Microsoft Surface Release Date Confirmed

Microsoft has revealed the official release date of its Surface tablet in a report submitted this week to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, confirming the day to be October 26th. This coincides with information reported on earlier this month, about the launch of the new operating system Windows 8 on October 26th as well. Only one form of Surface will be available on launch day, which is s...

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Ubisoft uPlay Could be Malicious Software

Hackers that got into Ubisoft’s online PC network found exposed data for uPlay which could be used for malicious software. Specifically some hackers claim uPlay could be used as a rootkit to get into other people’s systems and activate programs against their will. However, the possibility of uPlay being a rootkit is up to debate with some software security experts. Computer and Video G...

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Battlestar Galactica Online – Festival of Kobol

BSGO Hosts Summer Games Decathlon for Humans and Cylons Across the Universe in the Festival of Kobol. One of the worldwide leaders of online video games, Bigpoint announced that it is preparing for the upcoming Battlestar Galactica Online Festival of Kobol. For those of you who are not aware what this is, it involves 17 days of tournaments and other events commencing on the 27th July and finishing...

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SoftKinetic Powered iMove Demonstrated

iMove Platform has been Demonstrated to the Chinese Consumer Electronics Industry The leading developer of end-to-end gesture recognition solutions, SoftKinetic and the leading provider of gesture applications, Shanghai Motion Technology have recently demonstrated the iMove platform. This will be powered by SoftKinetic technology and will provide ultra-low latency and very high robustness, thus en...

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GamesAid Celebrates It's Biggest Week Of Donations

GamesAid is a UK games industry charity for children and young people. They have announced that thanks to their members and supporters, they raised over £80,000 last week. GamesAid this year are helping these non-profit charities: Action For Kids (AFK) – actionforkids.org, Jigsaw4u – jigsaw4u.org.uk, Lifelites – lifelites.org, Volunteer Centre Sutton: MAPS – mapsmentoring.c...

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Eurogamer Expo 2012 Expects Sell Out

The Eurogamer Expo starts late September, 2012, and it has already sold over 20,000 tickets. The number is still growing as more gamers in Europe line up to visit the place. Numerous events will be available to gamers, such as demos for major games from Ubisoft or Square-Enix, along with live developer panels answering their questions. “This is the biggest and best Eurogamer Expo we have eve...

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