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In April last year, Russian games veteran Sergey Galvonkin set up Steam Spy. Though not completely accurate, it analyses profile data to better understand how games are selling – and when – on PC download service Steam. Steam Spy has provided MCV with UK figures for between April and the …

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Take-Two has beaten its revenue and profit expectations and raised its full year projections, despite a thin release slate. The firm generated $486.8 million during its third quarter, a sizeable drop compared with the $954 million the firm made the year before. However, the previous year was bolstered by the …

10% of workforce to be laid off as company restructures and plans transition to subscription-based business model

Former Silent Hills collaborators Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro will reunite once again to discuss their creative processes. The Metal Gear Solid creator and film director behind Pan’s Labyrinth, Crimson Peak and Pacific Rim will talk during this year’s DICE Summit. The pair previously worked together on Konami’s cancelled …

This year kicked off with a bang. Vulcun announced theend of paid fantasyon their platform. Discord, a social platform for gamers, raised a$20 millionround. There was also continued investment in the tournament and league space, with FaceIt announcing a$15 million Series A round. See the infographic after the jump for …

Developer CCP has said that it is calling time on online PS3’s EVE-themed shooter Dust 514. In its place will arrive an in-development and untitled PC project that will build on what the defunct shooter tried to offer. Dust 514 will be shut down on May 30th. We are very …

NBA 2K16 will be the first game in the basketball franchise to offer an accompanying eSports tournament, to begin on February 15. The Road to Finals will run alongside this year’s NBA season, culminating in the Finals in June, and run on both PS4 and Xbox One versions of the …

One ofSuper Smash Bros. Melee’stop players is hanging up his controller and ending a career that’s lasted six years. Jason Bizzarro Flame” Yoon has retired and will no longer focus onMelee. Yoon says he plans to stick around esports and attend West Coast tournaments, but will pursue the career as …

Event from February 16th to 18th will also see Kojima inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame