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Game boxes for upcoming physical PlayStation VR releases are to feature clear branding alerting consumers about what is needed to play them. That’s if box art that has appeared on a number of retailer websites (pictured) is to be believed. Titles that are dependant on PlayStation VR feature ‘PlayStation VR …

Force Field VR used ‘tabletop diorama’ approach to camera to avoid sickness or lack of immersion

ThePokmonGo Plus peripheral is not launching until the end of July, but it’s already sold out on most online retailers in the US. But there’s one website where you can still find it if you’re willing to spend a lot of money: thePokmonwearable is available on eBay for prices starting …

Pokemon Go co-creator Niantic has said that it is not accessing iOS users’ entire Google accounts. It emerged yesterday that, if a Google account is used at sign-in, the iOS version of the game grants itself complete access to the associated user account upon installation. This led to fears that …

Perhaps the biggest and most surprising roster change in Counter-Strike this year was the transfer of Markus Kjaerbye” Kjrbye from Team Dignitas to Astralis and Rene cajunb” Borg going in the other direction. At the time, both sides were struggling and seemed to be in need of some kind of …

We’re just a week out from Evo 2016, but trying to pick the Super Smash Bros. Melee favorite heading into the event is difficult at best. The events at WTFox 2, which wrapped up on July 3, makes it even more confusing. In an odd sequence of events, Joseph Mango” …

Microsoft and Creative England offering up to £50,000 in funding

SK Gaming claimed their second back-to-back CS:GO Major this weekend after defeating Team Liquid in the ESL One Cologne finals. Though under the Luminosity Gaming banner for April’s MLG Columbus, the same Brazilian squad have cemented their place at the top of the pack as we head into a new …

Splyce has heard it all before: the jeers from North American fans and the disinterest from analysts when the discussion inevitably shifts to the Call of Duty European scene. For Splyce’s shot caller Joshua-Lee "Joshh" Sheppard, it almost becomes second nature. "It’s a topic that always comes up in conversation …

I’ve never understood American professional sports. The franchising system, the cornerstone of most U.S. sports leagues, makes teams permanent members of a league, rewarding mediocrity and penalizing success. This is vastly different to most European sports leagues, which feature promotion, relegation, and little-to-no connection between organization and league. As such, …