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When Valve launched Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as The Orange Box bundle back in 2007, it had a transformative effect on the games retail space of its day. That’s according to Valve’s Robin Walker, who recently spoke to PC Gamer about the legacy of the game bundle …

A brand-new series of esports events are coming to the UK, courtesy of a partnership between newcomer organisation Ultimo Hombre and nightclub chain Deltic, the companies have announced. Founded by leading figures in both the gaming and urban events industries, Ultimo Hombre aims to make esports accessible for everyone, from …

TT Games, Frontier Developments, Criterion Games, Ninja Theory, Wargaming and Naughty Dog will headline this year’s Yorkshire Games Festival, event organisers have announced. Returning to Bradford’s National Science and Media Museum for its second year this November, the five-day event will celebrate games culture and introduce a new generation to …

Speakers who have worked with TT Games, Frontier Developments, Ninja Theory and Criterion are just some who will be at the event

Talking to Esports Pro, the chairman for the British Esports Association’s advisory board Andy Payne has talked about how the organisation doesn’t have any intention of getting involved in esports regulation. “We, at British eSports, are very clear, we do not want to get involved in terms of regulation.” Payne …

Video game loot boxes have recently been a contentious issue in video games, with everyone offering an opinion. It’s almost like loot boxes have only just appeared, and haven’t been in games for years, a slippery slope gaming accepted when it first purchased armour for their horse in Oblivion for …

SpecialEffect celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and just raised over £300,000 during its One Special Day campaign. We talk to founder and CEO Dr Mick Donegan (pictured below) about what’s next for the gaming charity. Congrats on your 10th anniversary. How has SpecialEffect grown over the last ten years? We’ve increased the number …

Warner Bros’ Middle-earth: Shadow of War’s first weekend figures came out this morning and it looks to be down on what the company was hoping for the title. It’s still one of the better-selling titles of the year – in the top ten of 2017’s various Week One openings – but we …

Wargaming has opened a new mobile development studio in Moscow, the company has announced. Headed up by industry veteran Andrey Zimenko (pictured below), the studio will start developing "mid-core" titles for mobile platforms as soon as it has finished the hiring process for its new team.  Zimenko, who has 13 years …

Media giant IGN has acquired the pay-what-you-want game bundle service Humble Bundle, the companies have announced. Exact terms of the surprising deal haven’t been disclosed, but Humble Bundle has said it will now have "more resources and help from IGN" going forward. Otherwise, it’s still very much business as usual, …