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Nintendo Moves Switch Out Of China, New Models Tipped

Orlaith Costello June 14, 2019 No Comments

In an effort to avoid US tariffs, Nintendo is moving production of its popular Switch consoles outside of China amid reports that the gaming company is “evaluating” cloud-based gaming. Foxconn,…

Microsoft Goes Big At E3, New Xbox, Gold & Game Pass Service + xCloud Service To Take On Google

David Richards June 10, 2019 No Comments

Microsoft has used the big E3 gaming event in the US to announce that they are set to launch an Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass games in a…

Game Retailers Set To Be Challenged As Google Reveals Pricing + Games For New Stadia Gaming Platform

David Richards June 7, 2019 No Comments

In what could be a major blow to games retailers, as well as Microsoft and Sony, Google has started to roll out their partners for their new Stadia gaming platform…

EB Games Owner Suffers Major Revenue Loss

Orlaith Costello June 5, 2019 No Comments

EB Games parent company GameStop’s shares fell close to 23% in late trading after the game retailer announced it is halting its quarterly dividend due to a decline in sales.…

IKEA To Sell Customised Gaming Gear, Space-Saving “Robotic Furniture”

Orlaith Costello June 5, 2019 No Comments

IKEA is making a bigger push into smart products with the announcements it is partnering with select companies to create customised gaming products and space-saving “robotic furniture”. Both ventures to…

Microsoft Brings Xbox Game Pass To PC

Orlaith Costello May 31, 2019 No Comments

Microsoft is increasing its gaming presence with the announcement that it is bringing Xbox Game Pass — its monthly subscription service that gives Xbox users access to 100 titles — to…

New ACCC PlayStation Fight, Do Sony Management Get Our Consumer Laws?

David Richards May 29, 2019 No Comments

Sony is once again in the cross hairs of Australian authorities this time it’s over their PlayStation marketing which has got them into trouble in the past. This time the…

AMD Throws Down Product & Pricing Gauntlet At Intel, New Gaming Initiatives

David Richards May 27, 2019 No Comments

AND flexed their muscle at Computex in Taiwan with Intel’s archrival rolling out its first 7nm Navi consumer GPU’s which the processor Company claims is already attracting interest from PC…

Oz Online Video Game Spending Hits $4bn: Industry Seeks Tax Deal

Computer Daily News May 24, 2019 No Comments

Consumer spending on online video games is continuing to soar, jumping 25 per cent to $4.03 billion in 2018, according to the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA). Physical retail…

Sony Offers Sneak Peek Of PlayStation 5 In Action

Orlaith Costello May 22, 2019 No Comments

After months of cancelling and backing out of conferences, gaming giant Sony has unveiled details of its forthcoming PlayStation 5, boasting much faster load times than its predecessor. The news…