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Fewer than 0.1% of matches opting to use ‘high bandwidth’ option, with 60Hz client update rate unsuitable for a fifth of players

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'We want to catch up with booming gaming markets in [the US] or Canada'

New developer founded in collaboration with former Epic and Square Enix exec will unsurprisingly focus on VR projects

Gfinity has announced the Gfinity CWL Summer Masters, a $20,000 Call of Duty tournament featuring the top teams from across Europe. The competition will take place at the Gfinity Arena in Fulham Broadway between July 1st and 3rd and will feature a mix of invited teams and those that make …

Updated: Rakuten.co.uk may be closed by the end of August, the marketplace has told sellers. The retail marketplace, which was formed in 2014 after Rakuten acquired Play.com, informed those that utilise the service that they are talking to employees about the closure of the entire operation and the Cambridge office. …

Hit PC strategy game XCOM 2 will come to consoles after all. Developer Firaxis has teamed up with The Workshop to deliver a PS4 and Xbox One version of the game. The title is set for release on September 9th in Europe. Gamers who pre-order the title will receive the …

Konami has said that it will be killing off the online element of PES 2015 this autumn. All online services for the game will be terminated on August 25th, just 21 months after it was first released. Any unspent game credit will be wiped from user accounts at that time. …

It appears that Ubisoft’s follow-up to its hacking blockbuster Watch Dogs will be coming out this year. That’s if a leak from IGN to be believed. Advertising on the media giant went up early, revealing an November 15th release date for Watch Dogs 2 (courtesy of Eurogamer, below). This is …

The lead writer behind BioWare's Dragon Age discusses how he crafts fantasy worlds