Microsoft to Buy “Minecraft” The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that an acquisition deal between Microsoft and “Minecraft” developer Mojang AB is near completion. The report goes on to say that the deal is worth around $2 billion. Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, then went on to report that the…
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Week In Game News [June 6th, 2014]
“As news weeks go, we are now at the point of maximum blackout. With E3 just around the corner (conferences starting this coming Monday) most companies are waiting till then to make their big announcements. So busy week next week. And my usual home-based stream watching news coverage and opinion…
Read MoreWill Morris’: Accordin’ to Twitter
I just went on to my Twitter [you should follow my twitter for updates on my stuff] and saw that EDGE and Zynga where trending. So I thought I’d put on my journalism hat and give you the headlines in the gaming world. Firstly, EDGE Magazine ran with a front page saying…
Read MoreGaming News: The Mid-Week Call [24th April]
Here are some of the news stories that have opened up this week so far. XCOM Shooter Is Alive?; With the game market dominated by first person shooters 2K Games thought they could get a slice of the pie with a remake/reboot and an old series called XCOM. Because the…
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