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Valve has announced that the upcoming ESL One Cologne tournament will be the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major. The event, which is set to run between July 5th and 10th at the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, will feature a one million dollar prize pool for the top eight teams from …

Square Enix’s episodic approach to Final Fantasy 7 Remake will adopt an entirely different model to its more recent episodic release, Hitman. GameSpot reports that producer Yoshinori Kitase has said in the latest Game Informer magazine that instead the RPG will be more like how the company approached Final Fantasy …

Total sales of virtual reality headsets will reach $895m by the end of 2016, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics. The prediction is somewhat lower than other recent estimates. SuperData last month estimated that the entire VR sector, including hardware and software, will reach $3.6bn this year – and …

PC sci-fi curiosity Consortium has taken a large stride toward receiving a sequel. Interdimensional Games has launched a Fig campaign to crowdfund the title. It’s after $300k, and just a couple of days in has already won pledges totally just under $200k. Consortium was released in 2014. On the face …

German eSports organisation Mousesports has entered the world of Vainglory by signing top European team Rebirth of Empire. Founded in 2015 Rebirth of Empire went on to win the Vainglory Master Series and finish third at the European Winter Live Championships in London, establishing themselves as one of the best …

Director Simon Bennett explains why devs should consider bringing their games to retail

CJ Cowan leaves studio after 13 years, half of which was spent on Activision’s online shooter

A fan-made 3D Zelda game designed as a tribute to the RPG series has unsurprisingly been taken offline at Nintendo’s request. While only a browser demo, the software got its fair share of media coverage and was played by over half a million people before its removal. Nintendo asked us …

Facebook has given its backing to next month’s Women in Games Awards, lining up as headline partner for the MCV and WIGJ event. The firm will also sponsor the Outstanding Contribution of the Year category of the special awards. Facebook is proud to sponsor this year’s Women in Gaming Awards,” …