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The  UK Gaming Tours (UKGT) Counter-Strike tournament has been cancelled before the end of its first season, after a series of long gaps in communication and complaints from players had led to the UKGT attracting a lot of negative buzz in recent weeks. The UKGTours Twitter account, currently offline, posted …

Activision started talking about the return of Crash Bandicoot as far back as 2011, and six years later it’s finally here, in the form of a remaster of 1996’s original Crash Bandicoot, 1997’s Cortex Strikes Back and 1998’s Warped, entitled the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. These new versions support 4K and …

Gamescom 2017 will be opened by none other than German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "We consider it a great honour and a sign of recognition that Chancellor Merkel will this year participate in the opening tour of gamescom," German Trade Association of Interactive Entertainment Software MD Felix Falk said. "The visit …

A new IP from a previously unknown developer is currently on track to be one of the best selling games of the year. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, which arrived with very little fanfare and virtually no marketing back in late March, has just passed the 4m copies sold barrier. It had initially …

The RNG lottery that is Overwatch Loot Boxes and Heartstone card packs is about to get a little kinder. Overwatch players have long lamented the frequency with which duplicates seem to crop up. Now game director Jeff Kaplan has said via an update video that the rate of duplicates is …

Publisher Paradox has reversed a number of price increases that were recently rolled out across its catalogue. The company last month explained that certain regions would incur an increase to make our prices match the purchasing power of those areas, as well as create a more equal price point for …

The accusation that Nintendo deliberately undersupplies its products is one the company has faced for years. However, like the majority of ‘false scarcity’ claims, it’s all very unlikely. And indeed, Nintendo of America’s senior director of corporate communications Charlie Scibetta has insisted to Ars Technica that there is nothing deliberate …

Betgenius and Unikrn announced Wednesday that they’ve signed a partnership that’ll see Betgenius provide the same esports market odds that it offers to Betway and Sky Bet. This means the esports focussed betting site will soon be able to take advantage of the company’s live markets for events. In a …

A trio of Bethesda properties are getting the graphic novel treatment courtesy of Titan Comics. The Wolfenstein title will be a prequel to the upcoming Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, which was announced at E3. It will star the game’s protagonist BJ Blazkowic, who leads the resistance against Nazi occupied …

UK games stalwart Team 17 has been named as One to Recognise” by The Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100. The BDO ranks Britain’s fastest growing 100 companies and is published by the paper each April, with an awards event taking place in June. The One to Recognise award is …