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Having been released in other regions, Pokmon Go has finally hit the App Store and Google Play in the UK. This is one week after the free-to-play mobile hit launched in New Zealand and Australia. Pokmon Go is also available in the US and Germany. At the time of writing, …

Full winners revealed from tonight’s awards ceremony in Brighton

The Esports Championship Series is set to return for its second season in October, with open qualifiers for the league taking place next month. The competition, which is a partnership between FACEIT and Twitch, just wrapped up its first season at Wembley Arena, but plans for the next event have …

Remember that time it looked as if we might just have caught glimpse of Nintendo’s still highly secretive NX controller? Well, we hadn’t, it transpired. Which of course EVERYONE said they OBVIOUSLY knew the moment it was unveiled as a hoax. And the video that confirmed the hoax was actually …

Gamecom is increasingly looking in danger of missing out any platform holder conferences this year. Microsoft has just confirmed that it won’t be hosting a conference at the event next month. This comes after Sony Europe boss Jim Ryan told VG247 last week that the company had not yet decided …

Mediatonic’s Joanna Haslam urges devs to trust their players, work backwards and to not fear failure

Abbey Games’ PC strategy title Reus is launching on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year. The console launch is coming by way of Dutch indie publisher Soedesco, and is currently pencilled in for a Q3 release. The game will be coming out both physically and digitally on console. …

Online streaming service NOW TV has backed the 2016 eSports Industry Awards. The firm is the latest big name to join the November 21st event, which also includes support from Gfinity and MCV. Paul Sweeney, Director Sales & Marketing NOW TV comments: We’re extremely proud to be supporting the eSports …

Bad mouthing other players too many times in World of Warcraft will soon render you silent. Blizzard has unveiled ‘The Silence Penalty’ for those who are reported multiple times under the Spam or Abusive Chat categories”. If upon investigation Blizzard is concerned, the offender’s chat privileges will be severely reduced. …

High Street retailer GAME is to start selling a new 1TB PlayStation 4 bundle that comes with a slew of first-party titles for the platform. As reported by Videogamer, the collection – dubbed the Players Mega Pack (pictured) – is to hit shelves on Friday, July 15th. It comes with …