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The investment group known as aXiomatic eSports has purchased controlling interest of Team Liquid. The group features big names such as NBA hall of famer Magic Johnson along with Peter Guber and Ted Leonsis who are leading the group. Guber is perhaps best known as the CEO of Mandalay Entertainment …

Crytek explains why a complete overhaul of its engine and a fresh focus on community sets the company up to run a marathon, not a sprint

ELEAGUE, the eSports brand created by Turner Broadcasting and aired on US TV network TBS, will host the next CS:GO major. Due to take place between January 22nd and 29th 2017, the ELEAGUE CS:GO major will be held at the ELEAGUE Arena within Turner Studios in Atlanta for the initial …

Irish social casino games firm adds Viber functionality to launch title 3D Blackjack

Right now, the Isle of Man doesn’t boast a thriving games sector, but its government is working hard to rectify this. The region has already attracted a number of medium-sized companies, including developer Derivco and publisher PlayFusion, but its Department of Economic Development has a number of incentives to make …

Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft has taken a larger stake in the mobile games market with the acquisition of Ketchapp. Founded in 2014, Ketchapp is best known for a series of smaller free-to-play games such as Stack, Twist, Jelly Jump and Qubes, and regularly adds new titles to its portfolio on …

There’s a lot to be excited about during the last quarter of 2016. As well as a wealth of new hardware, including virtual reality headsets, slim versions of existing consoles and a more powerful PlayStation 4, there’s a rather diverse line-up of blockbusters coming to shelves in the coming months. …

Ex-Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Jack Tretton has weighed in on the performance of the company’s handheld console, PlayStation Vita. Speaking on IGN’s Unfiltered show, the former Sony exec said that internally, the Vita console was viewed as a great device but by the time it hit shelves the market …

Bungie will bring Destiny 2 to PC, as well as PS4 and Xbox One. That’s according to Kotaku, which reports that it has heard from its own sources that forum rumours about PC expansion doing the rounds at the moment are indeed correct. It is also claimed that Activision studios …

Smash Cops devs brings Peter Hansen-Chambers and Ian Griffiths into the fold