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Destiny 2 launched today, but if you go and take a look on Metacritic you’ll find that all the big gaming sites are still working on their reviews. A quick look round and most have prominent stories on their homepages explaining why the review isn’t up yet and what the …

According to reports, League of Legends European League Championship Series is to be converted into regional leagues. What’s more, there will be no more relegation.  Currently 10 teams from across Europe compete in the EU LCS, with the lowest placing teams getting relegated. According to this report from ESPN, there …

The creator led marketplace has twelve creators contributing maps and game modes for the survival crafting game

Launching a gigantic game that only works when players are connected to the server is always something of a nervous time. However, Destiny 2’s rolling worldwide launch over the last 24 hours seem to come off without incident, or at least without major incident, for most players There were some …

Destiny is finally coming back to consoles today, and is also heading to PC for the first time next month. Initially rumoured for a 2016 release, Destiny 2 was officially confirmed in March 2017, after a leak a couple of days before. At the time, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said …

This year has already brought a few shocks and surprises to retail. The first few months of 2017 had its usual new entries in best-selling franchises such as Resident Evil 7 and Mass Effect Andromeda, some big new IP releases including Horizon Zero Dawn, and, of course, there’s Crash Bandicoot …

Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 will be returning to retail with a new Gold Edition on December 12th later this year, the publisher has announced. Available on PS4, Xbox One and PC in both physical and digital versions, the Gold Edition will feature all the original content from the original game, …

Creators using Mojang’s Minecraft Marketplace have made more than $1 million since the service launched in June, the company has announced. The program, which allows Minecraft community members to make money from their user-generated in-game content, runs alongside the Minecraft Store, and has seen users create everything from their own …

During a livestream earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced the creation of a new studio in Saguenay (Quebec, Canada) and a massive investment plan for the region – the most important one for Ubisoft since it opened its first studio in Quebec in 1997. Ubisoft Saguenay will open as …

Saguenay will be the fourth studio in the area, opening January 31st, 2018, with the second opening at a later date in the future