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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

Fast Travel Games, the VR studio founded by ex-EA, Rovio and DICE employees, has announced it’s raised a $2.1m series A funding rounded. The funding was led by leading Nordic venture capital firm Industrifonden, with participation from Creades, Inbox Capital and existing investor Sunstone Capital. This brings the company’s total …

We catch up with founder and managing director Luke Keighran to talk about how Merge Games embraced the Switch, why special editions of PC titles are still relevant and why indie games saturation is a double-edged sword What’s your overarching strategy and how has it evolved over the past few years? When I …

Team expert has dropped their Overwatch roster, according to tweets from the team’s former support player Marcel ‘Veineless’ Lehmann. Lehmann took to twitter to confirm the team’s release from Team expert, stating that he’s now a free agent and looking for offers as a support or coach for Overwatch. “Expert …