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After partnering with OpTic Gaming last month Turtle Beach has now partnered with FaZe Clan. The American eSports organisation’s players will now use the new Turtle Beach Elite Pro headset and the Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller at tournaments and when playing at home. The FaZe Call of Duty team …

Devs will see their share of revenue increase 15 per cent per each user that stays subscribed to an app for longer than a year

It may be renowned for launching the biggest game in the world, but Take-Two says it wants to team up with smaller scale indie studios. The firm is responsible for multi-million selling behemoths such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, BioShock, NBA 2K and a host of other …

As was rumoured, Rise of Iron will be the big Destiny in the latter half of the year. The content was named in a report last month claiming that Destiny 2 had been pushed back to 2017. The Bungie website itself confirmed the Rise of Iron name ahead of the …

Reynolds replaces Bedford, Premier PR promotes two publicists and WIGJ hires a new CEO. Eurogamer appoints Reynolds as guides editor Matthew Reynolds is the latest addition to Eurogamer’s team. He has joined as guides editor, replacing John Bedford who is heading to the company’s sister website MetaBomb. Reynolds was formerly …

Mobile publisher is keen to stress that its own celebrity campaign is 'focused on the players'

Co-founder of City of Heroes and Star Trek Online studio to head up DC Universe Online team

Supermassive Games says it wants to end its status as a PlayStation exclusive developer. The firm has a strong relationship with Sony, which has commissioned most of the studio’s titles. The most recent was the BAFTA winning horror game Until Dawn. We’ve worked closely with Sony for as long as …

Developers will soon be able to charge a recurring fee for the games following Apple’s announcement of a new subscription system for the iOS App Store. Engadget reports that subscribed apps will retain the traditional 70/30 revenue split, although if a developer can keep a user subscribed for a year, …

It’s the annual E3 MCV spectacular, and it’s crammed with 88 pages of features to prepare yourself for the world’s biggest games expo. That includes our ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To E3′, an amusing and genuinely useful guide to surviving and getting the most out of the event. But of course, there’s …