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The League of Legends World Championship 2015 broke a number of records for developer Riot. In a blog post, the firm said that over the course of this year’s tournament, 360 million hours of live events were watched, almost doubling last year’s total of 194 million. Meanwhile, Riot also reports …

Sony London Studio, Rocksteady and Rockstar devs joins VR studio

The inevitable has happened: Star Citizen has now raised more than $100m through crowdfunding. According to the game’sFunding Goals page, more than 1m backers have pledged towards the game since Cloud Imperium Games began raising money three years ago. More than $30m has been raised in 2015 alone, much of …

Game’s backers now able to access Alpha 2.0 version of space exploration blockbuster

Not just a terrible tune from the ‘80s – it really is the final countdown to nominations closing for the 2016 MCV Awards. If you don’t contact us in the next two days, you’ll be on The Road To Nowhere… The MCV Awards 2016 will take place on Thursday March …

One week remains until the UK’s Christmas No.1 is decided and Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III is once again the top dog in the UK All Formats chart. The shooter rose despite a 37 per cent decline in sales this week. Star Wars Battlefront climbs to one place …

Virtual reality firm nDreams has secured a 2m investment round and has invested in senior hires. The company has received 2m from tech-centric investment outlet, Mercia Technologies. These funds are to be put to further expansion. This follows the company receiving 1.75 at the start of 2015. nDreams has also …

Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw record revenue for their current-gen console hardware last month, NPD has reported. Hardware sales for November 2015 reached $1.12bn. That’s up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year, driven by a 14 per cent increase in console hardware revenue – which …

TowerFall Ascension will arrive on PS Vita later this week, developer Matt Thorson has announced. A post on the PlayStation blogreveals both the base game and its Dark World Expansion will hit Sony’s handheld this Tuesday, November 15th. The Vita edition features an ad-hoc wireless co-op option to play against …

Gearbox Software has opened a new studio in Quebec, Canada. Ina post on its website, the studio announced Gearbox Studio Quebec is already developing its first title, aiming to grow it into full triple-A production capability through 2016.” The location is Gearbox’s first outside of Texas. We have already successfully …