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It’s 12:30 p.m. in Los Angeles on a weekday in April. Looking at the outside of a nondescript condo development, you’d never guess what’s happening within. A team of professional gamers have just started a "scrim" against another team. Sitting in leather chairs with "Team Liquid" embroidered on them, some …

On the casino floor of the Downtown Grand Las Vegas, in what used to be the high limit room, two men face off in Mortal Kombat XL. It’s the final round of the night’s contest, called "Finish Him! Friday." A $250 prize is at stake. The two men sit on …

Free integration released via Unreal Marketplace, lets studios track player behaviour

The PC version of Dark Souls 3 is on the brink of descending into disarray. First off, let’s recap the game’s struggles thus far: On launch a high number of players were experiencing crashes, typically when near a bonfire. This seemed to be fixable by turning lighting down to low, …

The Oculus Rift headset will this weekend be available to buy from retailer Best Buy in the US – despite the fact that many pre-orders remain unfulfilled. Oculus launched over a month ago, but manufacturing problems have left many pre-order customers waiting for their headsets. However, stock that could have …

Consumers won’t be able to get their hands on the Remastered version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without buying this year’s new release as well. Activision yesterday announced COD: Infinite Warfare and COD: Modern Warfare Remastered, both of which had been previously leaked. However, the second title will only …

Sony’s Ratchet & Clank series continues to hold the No.1 position in the Gfk Top 40. The action platformer, which became the fastest-selling game in the franchise’s history last week, suffered a 49 per cent sales drop week-on-week. It may sound like a significant drop, but that’s a pretty decent …

The top-end Call of Duty Infinite Warfare version will only be sold at GAME. The Legacy Pro Edition features a soundtrack, some extra DLC, a Steelbook case, as well as the game and a copy of Modern Warfare Remastered. The other versions of the title includes the normal version, Digital …

Nintendo has reiterated that it will make money on each NX unit sold. The firm traditionally makes money off of its hardware business, in contrast to its rivals which loses money on the consoles in the hope they’ll make the money back from the software. However, with Wii U – …

Activision has confirmed that its next Call of Duty game will be called Infinite Warfare. The game is due out on November 4th and will go ‘beyond Earth’ and take place in the wider solar system. The game is being created by Infinity Ward, the studio that created the franchise …