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Epic Games has opened a new office in Germany aimed at strengthening its publishing arms in Europe and Russia. The Berlin-based location will be led by Paw Larsen and Sergey Galyonkin, directors for publishing in Western and Eastern Europe, respectively. Larsen previously headed up eSports publishing for League of Legends …

European publishing directors Paw Larsen and Sergey Galyonkin to head up new location

Two years after we first learned that plans for the game were in place, Titanfall 2 has at last been officially announced. All we have for now is a short teaser, pointing to a full reveal in June. What do we know for sure? That the game is in development …

Audio services firm now has two facilities in the region

EEDAR believes that almost 3,500 titles hit the PC marketplace last year

The UK games industry will gather at the end of the month for a ten-pin bowling tournament. The charity event, named Strike Club, will take place on Wednesday, April 27that the Ham Yard hotel in London. The evening’s goal is to raise over 30,000 for Special Effect, with the support …

Jennifer Ann’s Group looking for designers who can raise awareness and provide support to those affected by violence in teenage dating

‘We understand that you may now be a gender that you don’t identify with in real-life. Technically nothing has changed, since half the population was already living with those feelings.’

Publisher Wargaming is planning to create a union of pro players, said the firm’s head of European eSports Nicolas Passemard. Speaking to eSports Pro at Wargaming.net’s League Grand Finals, Passemardsaid: We are thinking about creating a pro player union, so the players will be able receive assistance from us. We …

In March, the organizers of NorCal Regionals 2016 suddenly announced that their title sponsor was Avyd, a company no one had heard of before. Shortly after, Avyd announced a $100,000 fighting game championship series featuring Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U, Guilty Gear …