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Retailer GAME has made another big eSports purchase, this time in Spain. A little under a year ago GAME swooped to acquire Multiplay for 20m. Now it has reached an agreement to acquire SocialNAT for an undisclosed sum. SocialNAT has over 150k registered users. It organised the eSports activities at …

VP of game design says limitations are a major boost for innovation

Chris Schlerf has announced that he has joined Destiny developer Bungie. Schelrf was the lead writer on 343 Industries’ Halo 4 before joining BioWare as lead writer for the in-development Mas Effect: Andromeda. To confirm what some folks asked about a few months back, I am no longer working on …

Learn how the man behind RoboCop's special effects helped create the look of id Software's most terrifying monsters

Chris Schlerf joined BioWare Montreal in 2013 before leaving late last year

Guildlings is a ‘mobile fantasy adventure’ set for release next year

One of the last generation’s most celebrated releases appears to be heading to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list for Xbox One. As spotted by Reddit, the listing for Dark Souls 3 on the Australian Xbox store revealed that buyers will receive a backwards compatible version of the cherished Dark …

Mattel-owned Mega Bloks has grabbed itself another gaming license – Activision’s Destiny. Last week it was reported that a new range of Halo Mega Bloks was on the way as part of a larger deal with Microsoft. Not it has been revealed that Destiny toys are also on the way …

Toolset launched in mid-2013 ‘concluded’ last year

The Guildford-based studio behind Warhammer strategy titles Quest and Deathwatch has closed after its latest title failed to take off. Despite warm review scores for Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch, the game struggled to find an audience, resulting in the death of the mobile developer. I and the majority of the team …