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Blizzard’s new online shooter IP Overwatch is top of the UK charts once again. Sales of the game fell 44 per cent in its third week on shelves. It charts ahead of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, which debuts in second place. GfK notes that the original Mirror’s Edge was a sleeper …

In August 2011, over two years before we met, my wife had an accident on the way to work. She tripped on a tree root that was growing through the pavement, as we’ve all likely done at one time or another. It wasn’t especially remarkable or dramatic and should have, …

Dishonored studio and Fallout 2 co-director partnering on long-anticipated game that began life at Human Head and was first revealed in 2011

Bethesda’s E3 press conference was a blood thirsty, lavish affair that delivered at least two surprises. Ahead of the event, four games were rumoured to appear: A new Wolfenstein, The Evil Within 2, Prey and a remake of Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.The gossip columns were only half-right. Skyrim is being rebuilt …

Star Trek: Bridge Crew is a social VR game from Ubisoft that wants to give players the chance to star in an episode of their own. The game, created by Ubisoft’s Red Storm studio, is due out this Christmas on PS VR, Oculus Rift and HTC. It is entirely set …

EA kicked of E3 on Sunday afternoon, with a conference filled with big blockbusters, if not any real surprises. The publisher started the event with Titanfall 2. The shooter from Respawn will arrive on October 28th this year, just a little ahead of the new Call of Duty. The game …

Electronic Arts hopes to sign and publish 'a few projects each year'

ESL and Blizzard have teamed up to host a $100,000 Overwatch tournament at Gamescom later this year. The ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown will take place on August 20th and 21st on the main stage of ESL’s Gamescom booth in Hall 9. Eight of the best Overwatch teams in the world …

ESL One New York will feature a $75,000 Street Fighter V competition alongside the already announced CS:GO tournament. The Brooklyn Beatdown competition will hit the Barclays Center on October 1st and 2nd, and can host up to 1,024 players, with anyone being able to register for just $10. However to …

Former Premier League champions Manchester United are reportedly eying an inroad into the eSports scene. eSports News UK reports that United wish to sign an unnamed professional European Overwatch team who are currently signed with another organisation. Furthermore, eSports outfit Fnatic also have designs on signing the same group. The …