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ESL and ESEA, the largest North American Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league provider, are working together on a league with a prize pool of $1million. The ESL ESEA Pro League, set to begin on May 4, will consist of multi-month seasons punctuated by a Valve-sponsored Major title. This year there will …

In an unprecedented move Japanese publisher Square Enix has revealed plans to release a content update for one of its demos. The Final Fantasy XV: Episode Duscae was distributed with Final Fantasy-0 HD last month, but Siliconera reports that director Hajime Tabata has confirmed that work on a version 2.0 …

Trouble between Konami and Hideo Kojima continues

Despite only having been in place for a few tumultuous days, paid Steam Workshop mods are no more. We’re going to remove the payment feature from the Skyrim workshop,” Valve has said. For anyone who spent money on a mod, we’ll be refunding you the complete amount. We talked to …

Silent Hills is officially no more. Konami is committed to new Silent Hill titles, however the embryonic Silent Hills project developed with Guillermo del Toro and featuring the likeness of Norman Reedus will not be continued,” the publisher told Kotaku. In terms of Kojima and Del Toro being involved, discussions …

Australia has long been notorious for the costly price of games. A report from the government House of Representatives Infrastructure and Communications Committee found that of 20 recent titles, only one was priced close to its American counterpart, with the rest costing anywhere between 40 and 90 per cent more. …

We now have a concrete idea of what Call of Duty will look like when it arrives in November. Call of Duty: Black Ops III continues the series’ recent near-future theme, with a heavy emphasis on augmentation – as per last week’s teaser video. The plot takes place directly after …

With new opportunities arising in the East, one company is keen to meet more developers from the West: MHT Game

Up to $1m available from the Institute of Education Sciences

One of the Xbox 360’s defining shooters could be set to make a return on the Xbox One, if reports are to be believed. A remastered version of 2006 cover-based shooter Gears of War was first spotted by Polygon, which noted that a number of Xbox One players were playing …