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The recent open beta for DICE’s upcoming Battlefield 1 has broken EA records. The studio has revealed that the game was played by 13.2m people, making it the biggest in the publisher’s history. That also beats the numbers boasted by Blizzard’s record-breaker Overwatch (9.7m) and Ubisoft’s The Division (6.4m), as …

Support for latest mobile operating systems added as companies begins to wind down tools business

Brexit preventing any “formal corporate structural changes”

Team behind mobile games, including Marvel: Avengers Alliance, affected ahead of title’s closure

Oculus has plans to introduce its own take on the SteamVR Chaperone system with the next update to its pioneering Rift virtual reality holiday. Chaperone enables devs to let players know when their HTC Vive wands are approaching the edge of the device’s sensor range, thus limiting their ability to …

Logitech is to become the new owner of peripherals brand Saitek courtesy of troubled owner Mad Catz. Mad Catx acquired Saitek in 2007. Included in the deal are rights to and inventory of the company’s line of flight, space and farm sim controllers. Eight R&D workers will also jump ship. …

The four teams competing at the Gfinity CS:GO Invitational brought to you by Omen by HP are GODSENT, mousesports, Team EnVyUs and Epsilon eSports. While none of the teams have been considered one of the best in the world for some time, they have all been a regular feature in …

UK games industry charity GamesAid has managed to raise a massive 954,000 in the last year, smashing its previous funding record. Last night (Thursday, September 15th), the organisation handed out cheques of 95,400 to ten different UK organisations – more than GamesAid has ever before. Those receiving donations from GamesAid …

Another title has lost its 2016 release date. Ubisoft’s South Park: The Fractured But Whole was due to arrive on December 6th. It will not now be shipped until Q1 2017, however. Said Ubisoft: The development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans …

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