• The FTC is appealing the Microsoft-Activision deal for a second time

    A short while ago the Federal Trade Commission lost its legal battle against Microsoft where it attempted to get Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard stopped so that it could continue looking into the deal. The FTC attempted to appeal the decision but US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who presided over the case, promptly rejected…

  • Lucid Games has been bought by Tencent

    Gobble, Gobble. That’s the sound that Chinese mega-company Tencent presumably made as it snapped up Lucid Games, absorbing it into one of its multiple subsidiaries. In this specific case, the subsidiary is LightSpeed Studios that describes its vision as being “To create the Lightspeed Universe, the ecosystem that connects players and developers around the world.”

  • Edge #387 Review scores

    The latest issue of Edge magazine has begun to drop through subscribers’ letterboxes. Although print is dying a slow death, Edge magazine continues to be the only magazine I continue to support thanks to its sharp writing and interesting reviews.

  • Microsoft has won its case against the FTC

    Microsoft has won the legal battle against the Federal Trade Committee. The FTC was attempting to get a temporary injunction to block Microsoft’s ongoing plans to purchase Activision Blizzard. The injunction was to give the FTC more time to investigate the matter, but today the court ruled in Microsoft’s favour, removing a substantial obstacle from…

  • Some of the best Prime Day gaming deals

    Amazon Prime Day is upon us once again and with it comes plenty of cool deals. Below, you’ll find a selection of what I think are some of the best gaming deals available in the Amazon prime Day sale.

  • A handful of the best PC deals from Prime Day

    Amazon’s yearly Prime Day event is upon us and I wanted to take a minute to highlight a few PC orientated deals. There’s a couple of really good bargains out there, especially on mice, keyboards and a Logitech steering wheel.

  • Get Metroid Prime Remastered for £22

    Metroid Prime Remastered is a masterful remaster of one of the greatest games of all time and you can currently get it for a low, low price of just £22 at Amazon.co.uk.

  • EA officially announces single-player Black Panther game

    EA has confirmed that it will be publishing a single-player Black Panther game being developed by Cliffhanger Games. If you don’t recognise the name that’s because Cliffhanger is a brand new studio based in Seattle, its existence announced alongside its debut project.

  • Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom continues its boxed chart reign of terror

    The boxed sales data for this week shows that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is still destroying everything in its path.

  • Street Fighter 6 has sold 2 million copies

    Just over a month after its release, Capcom has announced that Street Fighter 6 has surpassed 2 million copies sold. They also revealed that a new fighter, Rashid, will launch on July 24th.