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It’s the week before E3, which means one thing – it’s prime leak time. First off, Gematsu reports that Bethesda is expected to announce a PS4 and Xbox One remaster of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. A Bethesda remaster of some sort was originally touted by Shinobi602, whose claim earlier …

Today Gfinity and Gillette have announced the Gillette Championship, a Pro Evolution Soccer tournament with a 15,000 prize pool. The competition will see the best players of Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 on PS4 battle it out across 24 qualifiers and a live finals that will be held in London. The …

Studio to harness tech currently used in Battlefield, Star Wars Battlefront, Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Need for Speed

Move also marks a departure from the games industry, as he returns to ‘pursue my original passion: writing’

It’s been a day of hot takes. Spurred on by a disheartening interview with MVP Black’s coach Kim where he discusses the possibility that the current World Champions will stop playing Heroes, opinions have flooded in about the future of the game’s competitive scene. HotS esports is dying, some said. …

Maybe Battleborn was doomed from the start. It seems every developer on Earth is developing a fun, colorful arena shooter with MOBA elements and a lot of esports aspirations. It’s just that with Battleborn, Gearbox had particularly bad timing, releasing its game right alongside Overwatch. Blizzard’s giddy, tactile first-person shooter …

SK Telecom T1 demolished KT Rolster in a 2-0 win in Saturday’s League Champions Korea match, and almost as expected from the undisputed king of League of Legends, Lee Faker” Sang-Hyeok walked away as MVP for both games. Dealing three times the damage of nearly every other player in the …

It’s crunch time. The clock is ticking down, the score is all wrong and the majority of the 16,000-strong crowd starts to cheer against them. The world’s best team is up against it. Led by the world’s best player, they somehow pull off a comeback—of course, they do—and defeat the …

Don’t call it a comeback for OG. The surprise victors of the Frankfurt Major are coming into Manila with a chip on their shoulder after a seventh/eighth place finish in Shanghai. In the weeks and months since that, all eyes have been on this team to see which OG will …

One of the best looking upcoming PS4 exclusives won’t be released this year. Sony has confirmed a March 3rd 2017 release for the game in the UK, following a US release on February 28th. Such a delay had been rumoured by online tipster shinobi602 earlier this year, who alluded – …