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Ebuyer, the online technology retailer, has entered the world of eSports by sponsoring UK team FMESPORTS. The deal will begin in September and initially runs for six months, although there is an option to extend this further depending on how it works out for both parties. This is Ebuyer’s first …

Gfinity will host four of the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams at EGX next month as they compete for $100,000. The four teams are yet to be announced, but are promised to be some of the best in the world. Friday September 23rd will see the first semi-final take place, …

JME has announced the Serious Rainbow Six Siege Tournament, with a prize pool of 2,500 and a LAN final at the Gfinity Arena. Qualifiers for the event will take place on August 28th, with the best teams qualifying for the LAN finals on September 9th. Once at the event teams …

We speak to Salmi Games about crafting a mobile game that requires as little localisation as possible

As we head towards the GMA 2016 Awards on October 10th MCV looks back on some of the key highlights of the event. Here we speak to Eurogamer editor Oli Welsh. His team has been a regular on the stage at the Games Media Awards over the past 10 year… …

Platform holder Nintendo announced yesterday that it has purchased a 70 per cent share in Japan Entertainment Software Sales Network for $46.5m (35.2m). JESNET is a production and distribution network, which has already been working with Nintendo for the past few years. As part of this acquisition move, Nintendo will …

After years of being famously secure, one of the most famous PC anti-piracy systems Denuvo may be in trouble. Torrent Freak reports that Inside, which uses the software, was cracked just six weeks after its launch by piracy group CONSPIR4CY. Until recently, Denuvo was seen as breakable with Chinese piracy …

Halo Online has not made it to release. This free-to-play PC multiplayer version of Halo was set to be released exclusively for the Russian market later this year. A member of Halo Online’s social media team says on Russian social network VK that they were waiting for news from Halo …

Latest version of Crytek’s tools available to download now

Bloodborne, XCOM, Minecraft, Civilization, Street Fighter, Doom, This War of Mine, The Witcher, Plague Inc… The list is quite endless: board games based on video games are unquestionably on the rise. And we’re not even talking about all the Monopoly editions. It seems that every single successful game out there …