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Retailer GameStop has reported an annual fall in sales and profit. Global net sales fell 3.6 per cent to $2.016m for the quarter ending October 31st, while profit fell 11.4 per cent to $57m. Currency fluctuations played a part in the numbers, however, and the company’s full year forecasts remain …

Counter Strike: Global Offensive’s online community, much like most games with strong e-sports followings, has its less than desirable members hiding among the masses of perfectly nice folks. An interview with Australian CS:GO pro Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill shines a light on just how over-the-top reactions in the e-sports scene have …

The young, wealthy, millennial eyeballs that enjoy esports represent the largest reason the industry has grown and become more and more mainstream over the past few years. The trick for advertisers has been finding ways to successfully engage that audience, as shown in aNielsen reportreleased on Thursday. The report, based …

Konami may be about to release a second version of PES 2016 that scraps the game’s upfront costs. The Australian Classification Board has listed a title called Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 Free To Play. No platforms have been specified, and while its not stated you’d expect the game to be …

Black Friday is a US sales event. It signals the end of Thanksgiving and the start of the Christmas sales rush. That is where it stayed for more than a decade, until Amazon decided to run Black Friday promotions across Europe. A few other retailers followed and then, in 2014, …

Animation and performance capture firms contributing to Ninja Theory’s dark adventure

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Iam the vice president of Fun House, which is probably the best job title a person can have.” Patrick Plourde sounds like the boss of a kids’ play park, or a classic 1990s children’s TV show, and, to the team at Ubisoft Montreal, what he actually does isn’t that far …

Supermassive Games’ executive director Supermassive's executive director Will Byles reveals how lighting, photography, and Renaissance art helped build this year’s biggest horror success

Payday 2 studio Overkill has apologised for a number changes to the game that have annoyed its community. In mid-October, the firm introduced in-game payments, something met with a firmly negative reaction from the title’s fans. Despite this vocal reaction, Overkill said the microtransactions were ‘working as expected’ before introducing …