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Chrome to kill Flash by end of year

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Following years of security leaks, the world and its dog have decided it's time we ditched Adobe's Flash web standard for good, but we can't just take it out back and shoot it, it needs to be a slow, painful goodbye. That's been happening for a while now, but Chrome …

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There may be two more ‘seasons’ of Hitman

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IO Interactive are trying something different with Hitman this time around. The game is ‘out’ but it is getting episodic content updates throughout the rest of the year and by the sounds of things, the new model is going quite well, as there could be two more seasons worth of …

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Cracks appear in Denuvo’s armour for the first time

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The bane of game crackers the world over, Denuvo, may have finally begun to weaken in the face of an onslaught of hacking attempts, as several titles protected by the game have now appeared on popular sharing sites, fully playable. Rise of the Tomb Raider however, appears to have been …

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Pokémon Go has a tracking system again! Sort of…

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Removing the three step tracking system entirely from Pokémon Go was one of the worst received moves in recent game developer history. Fans were really not impressed, but it's good to see Niantic has responded quickly by releasing a newly revamped tracking system in its early stages of development. You …

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Would you pay to see a Tomb Raider concert?

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This October marks 20 years since Lara Croft's polygonal form first graced our screens, so understandably there are a few celebrations planned. One of the less expected ones though, is a concert at the Hammersmith Apollo, which will take place in December, featuring the full Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Headed by famed conductor, Robert …

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Overwatch has 15 million players worldwide

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We already knew that Overwatch was off to a great start but it looks like Blizzard's latest franchise has really caught on, with over 15 million players worldwide already. The game officially launched on the 24th of May this year, so over the last two months, the player base has …

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Rumour claims StarCraft HD remake is on the way

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Blizzard has been hiring people to maintain support for some of its older games for a while now. Games like Diablo 2 still get updates today to ensure they run on modern operating systems. However, it looks like Blizzard might have something bigger planned, with reports this week claiming that …

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EA is pleased about PS4 Neo and Project Scorpio

The console market is gearing up for big changes this year. The days of being stuck with the same level of hardware for an entire generation are fading away as both Microsoft and Sony are planning to launch beefier consoles soon. While there was some initial speculation over developer/publisher reaction …

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Bitcoin value falls after $77 million exchange hack

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Bitcoin value has plummeted once again after $77 million worth of the digital currency was stolen during a hack on the Hong-Kong based exchange, Bitfinex. The security breach was discovered on Tuesday, all transactions have been suspended and an investigation is under way. In an update on the exchange website, …

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