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Nintendo unveiled a swathe of new Switch and 3DS titles last night, including a brand new Super Mario Odyssey-themed Switch hardware bundle and the news that Bethesda’s critically acclaimed Doom (2016) and upcoming Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus titles will also be heading to Switch over the next year. Doom …

Last night’s Nintendo Direct brought a surprising revelation for the esports crowd, mentioned in passing as Nintendo paraded a variety of Switch games in front of the audience.  Tencent’s mobile MOBA, a 5 v 5 offering, is coming to Nintendo Switch. You might not know the name Arena of Valor, …

The service, which gave us many interesting titles, closes on September 29th but purchases can still be redownloaded in future

ESL UK has announced the details of the ESL Arena’s UK debut at EGX 2017 later this month. EGX 2017 is the largest gaming show in the UK, and the ESL Arena looks set to make it significantly larger, with two stages for esports events: the Twitch Main Stage and …

The Japanese physical video game market was valued at 29.8bn in August, up 82.5 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. This is down to a huge 206.8 per cent spike in hardware sales, prompted mainly by the Nintendo Switch, as well as a 21.3 per cent …

Apple announced three new iPhone handsets last night – the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the premium iPhone X – and analysts have said they could mark the start of a new era for augmented reality businesses. "The new iPhones will benefit from the numerous improvements in iOS11," said …

Twitch has appointed Wargaming.net’s Rahim Attaba as its new director of commerce for the EMEA region, the company has announced. In his new role, Attaba will report to VP of gamer commerce Matt McCloskey and be responsible for growing the platform’s economic activity in EMEA, with a special focus on …

UPDATED: Nintendo of Europe has since confirmed on Twitter that the Classic Mini: NES will also be returning to Europe next summer in addition to the US. Nintendo’s highly-sought after Classic Mini: NES is to go back into production, Nintendo of Japan tweeted this morning. The tweet, which Eurogamer has …

Nikki Lannen, CEO and founder of Dublin-based studio WarDucks (pictured right), speaks to MCV about her studio’s transition from mobile to console VR.  Virtual reality is the future. That looks pretty certain. The hardware is evolving, and adoption will almost certainly continue to increase. I work in a virtual reality …

By some strange decree, September 12th (today) has been named National Video Games Day, and to celebrate, retailer GAME has dropped the price of the Nintendo Switch to 259 for one day only, making it a great time to pick up the console if you haven’t already done so. That’s …