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Amazon Set to Imminently Bid for EA Games Acquisition?!
Edit – There seems to be a lot of conflicting information either confirming or denying this potential takeover. We’ll keep you posted. Back in May rumours surfaced on the internet that EA Games (yes, Electronic Arts) might have been potentially up for sale. – Now, while this was initially dismissed…
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Microsoft in ‘Exclusive Talks’ for Discord Purchase?!
You may recall that earlier this week we reported on the news that Microsoft had apparently lodged a $10BN bid in order to purchase the highly-popular social media application Discord. Well, while many expected that it would be a little while before we heard anything new regarding this, it would…
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HP to Acquire Gaming Peripheral Brand HyperX!
HyperX is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable and popular gaming peripheral brands around with the chances more than likely that you probably have something of theirs sat on, in, or around your PC/console. Following a very surprising announcement, however, HP (Hewlett Packard) has confirmed that following a successful bid…
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Epic Games Store Adds an Automatic Refund Function
Before we begin, we are fully aware that many of you don’t like the Epic Games Store platform. Almost pathologically in some cases. Despite that reticence from certain aspects of the community, however, since it’s launch in late 2018 it’s hard to deny that the platform has been doing exceedingly…
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Wiki Page Fandom Purchases Curse Media From Twitch
Famdom Purchases Curse Media From Twitch In terms of gaming ‘wiki’ pages, there are few websites that are as popular as Fandom and Curse. Providing a huge amount of content, they are perhaps the two biggest such companies in competition with each other. Well, at least they were. In a…
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Microsoft Reportedly On The Verge Of Purchasing Obsidian
Microsoft Reportedly On The Verge Of Purchasing Obsidian Since being founded in 2003, Obsidian Entertainment has, slowly but surely, carved a pretty decent reputation for itself as a developer. Working on games such as Fallout New Vegas and (more recently) Pillars Of Eternity, the studio has a strong reputation for…
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Steam Gains Over 13.5 Million New Customers Since January!
Steam Reports Big Rise In Brand New Customers Steam is without a doubt perhaps the biggest application in terms of PC Gaming. I struggle to think of anyone who enjoys PC gaming that doesn’t have a Steam account. As such, it’s hard to actually think of many people who do…
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BP Agree Purchase Of Chargemaster And Their Network
BP Confirm Purchase Of Chargemaster While BP might be one of the biggest names in terms of petrol stations in the UK (or ‘gasoline’ in general) it seems that a bit of business diversification is underway. With the recent growth and semi-boom of electric vehicles, it’s hard to ignore that…
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Amazon Acquire Doorbell Firm ‘Ring’ For Over $1BN
Amazon Acquire Ring There seem to be very few parts of our life which are not, or cannot, have a technological implementation. Be it central heating, lighting or security, practically everything can be done from your smartphone these days with the right products in place. One such product which has…
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Logitech Acquires Peripheral Specialist Saitek
In a surprising, or maybe a better word is unsuspected, move, Logitech acquired peripheral specialist Saitek from MadCatz – and it costs them less than you might think. Logitech paid $13 million USD in cash for the company who specialized in game-specific peripherals for simulation games such as flight simulators, racing…
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Acer Exposes Bank Details During Breach
It is never nice when you find out something that affects you second hand, but that’s just what has happened for thousands of Acer buyers when the company revealed that they had been hacked in a recent revelation to California’s Attorney General that it had been subject to an in-depth security breach.…
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Windows 10 Pro Stops Users From Blocking Windows Store
Windows 10 is nearing the end of its free upgrade period and with its price officially released users are making the final choice to adopt or stick with the older operating systems. With older systems losing their support and Microsoft keen to bring everyone to Windows 10, stripping users of the…
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Amazon Could Be Billed For Childrens Unauthorized In-App Purchases
When it comes to “free” apps we’ve all had that experience where you get into a game or just a general everyday app only to find features or fun locked behind the paywall. The infamous paywall is a series of mini-transactions that are hidden behind the title of a “free…
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Congressman Investigated for Spending Campaign Money on Steam Games
We all love a new game, but it does raise questions when the money you spend on is marked to be used for something else. Congressman Duncan Hunter is being investigated for just the same thing, having spent campaign money on Steam games. According to the San Diego-tribunes report, using…
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RollerCoaster Tycoon World Coming to Steam Early Access
For years strategy games have fallen into one of two categories, with some games requiring you to defeat your enemies and conquer planets or countries while the others saw you trying to run businesses and people’s lives, balancing the books against the choices you had. Of the latter category, one of the…
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