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Crytek and ESL have partnered in order to run Warface eSports competitions. The free to play shooter from Crytek will become a part of ESL’s Go4 series, which sees many other games run weekly competitions with a monthly final. This will be the case for Warface when the Go4Warface tournament …

Granick will take up new position of scientist-in-residence

Portugese football club Sporting Lisbon has entered the eSports world by signing top Portuguese FIFA player Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz. The 21 year old player has been in the FIFA scene since he was just 14, and became the youngest ever FIFA World Champion in 2011. Cruz is one of the …

Rocket League could allow PS4 and Xbox One owners to compete with one another within a few hours” if Sony would give it the go-ahead. That’s according to Psyonix VP Jeremy Dunham, who has told IGN that all the necessary back end infrastructure is in place. "Right now we’re literally …

MetaWorld puts players in 10,000 square miles of persistent world

Brazil, Russia, India and China account for 41 per cent of the world’s mobile installs in Q2 2016

It’s actually a little unfair to discuss Pokmon in relation to Nintendo’s fortunes. For starters, it’s The Pokmon Company – not Nintendo – that operates the brand, while the independent studio Game Freak is the series’ primary developer. Pokmon Go isn’t some triumphant return for the franchise, either. Because it …

The developer of We Happy Few is desperate to distance its game from BioShock. The title has drawn comparisons with 2K Games’ hit franchise due to its eerie dystopian setting and similar art style. We Happy Few was shown off during Xbox’s E3 press briefing and became one of the …

Educational materials pack and instructional guide now available for free

Publisher Capcom has admitted it had failed to properly inform consumers exactly what they were getting with Street Fighter V. The firm says it has learned from its mistakes, and is now committed to making the fighting game the best in the series. Street Fighter V launched in February, but …