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Ninjas in Pyjamas enters Battlegrounds, two players come from Cloud9’s PUBG roster
Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) has picked up a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team, with two players from the roster previously having signed for Cloud9’s Battlegrounds squad. NiP, best known for their former world domination in the Counter-Strike franchise, took to Twitter to announce the signing of the team, comprising of Cloud9 players …
Read More »British Esports Association becomes a Ukie member after months of collaboration
The British Esports Association has joined the UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) trade body as a member, after several months of close collaboration. The British Esports Association is a not-for-profit national body set up to support grassroots competitive gaming in the UK, an area that is viewed by many as essential …
Read More »Making FFXV on console was ‘100x more difficult’ than the Windows Edition, says director
After one of the longest development cycles of this generation, you might have forgiven game director Hajime Tabata for taking a well-earned rest when Final Fantasy XV came out last November. After all, not only did the game shift a staggering 5m units during its first day on shelves around the …
Read More »Mobile Games Forum rebrands to Gamesforum and hires new event director
The mobile games businness event team will hold its first event in London in January 2018
Read More »George Osborn to head up rebranded Gamesforum conference in London next year
The Mobile Games Forum is rebranding to Gamesforum, event organiser Osney Media has announced, and will return to central London next year with its first cross-platform b2b event on January 24th-25th. Hosted at County Hall, Westminster, the conference will bring together 600 attendees from across the PC, console and mobile …
Read More »Leap Motion opens new design research studio in London
Hand tracking company Leap Motion has opened a new design reserach studio in London, the firm has announced. Heading up the studio is VR and AR filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda, who assumes the role of VP of design and global creative director. The news comes just three months after the company revealed …
Read More »Konami becomes official partner of Arsenal
Konami has announced it has become an official partner of Arsenal Football Club. The new agreement will extend Konami’s previous access to the club, where it appeared as a licensed club in PES 2017 complete with its official insignia, and allow the company to perfectly recreate the team in this …
Read More »All Hellblade sale proceeds go to charity today for Mental Health Day
Today is Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues across the world. To help with this objective, developer Ninja Theory will donate all proceeds from the sale of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice to UK charity Rethink today (October 10th). This was announced by the studio in a blog post, …
Read More »Leap Motion opens new research studio in London
The VR and AR motion tracking company will be working with award winning film maker Keiichi Matsuda
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