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Premier League football club West Ham United have signed their first eSports player, Sean Dragonn” Allen. Allen is a professional FIFA player, and considered to be one of the top competitors in the world. He came second at the 2016 FIFA interactive World Cup, where he narrowly lost to Mohamad …

Audio giant Dolby will sponsor an Overwatch tournament due to take place days after the game’s release. Agents Rising will feature a $10,000 prize pool, making it the largest prize pool in Overwatch history. Taking place on the 28th and 29th May the event will be held at the eSports …

Activision has revealed an incredible statistic highlighting to enduring popularity of Call of Duty. Speaking to investors yesterday, COO Thomas Tippl stated that 85 per cent of total PS4 hardware sales in the US in the three months ending March were for the Black Ops III bundle. In the exec’s …

They say YouTube is the best barometer for the games industry, and if that’s the case then the sun is most definitely currently shining on Bandai Namco’s Dark Souls 3. The action RPG was named as the network’s top trending game of April 2016. This is based both on views …

'The economics of those games forces developers to work with major publishers to succeed, and that seems to be irreversible,' says Tim Sweeney

The nomination period for the eSports Industry Awards – taking place on Monday, 21st November at the The Brewery, London – has been extended to May 20th, meaning you still have time to tell us who you think should win on the night. Hosted by games industry commentator and presenter …

Where to find all of our shortlisted studios and firms on Twitter

Due to popular demand, the lobbying period has been extended – tell us who you think should win an award

Gears of War creator Epic has said that its want to maintain independence may mean it never makes another big single-player epic. This shift, it has said, came after the completion of Gears of War: Judgement, the cost of which was huge. "The economics of those games forces developers to …

The first game ever made by Grasshopper Manufacture is to be released in the west for the first time. The Silver Case was released on PlayStation in Japan in 1999. Now director Goichi Suda (Suda 51) has confirmed a remake in the works for PC. Eurogamer reports that the remake …