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Blizzard has revealed that the latest expansion to its sci-fi RTS StarCraft II has shifted over one million units since it launched last Friday (November 13th). The publisher announced this via its StarCraft Twitter account on Friday at 8:35pm UK time (below). Legacy of the Void debuted at No.23 in …

QA and localisation firm supporting this year's ranking of the world's best studios

Initial round will focus on early stage developers with new IP, second round of funding to follow next year

Since launching in beta in February, the platform has grown at a rate of 132% month-on-month. Real demand exists for premium eSport events broadcast in true HD at 60 frames per second. In addition to this achievement, the number of returning users has also increased to more than 31%. It’s …

Steam machines are finally upon us, but a new report paints a grim picture of their actual gaming performance. Ars Technica has found that 3D games are in terms of frames per second typically performing between 21 per cent and 58 per cent worse on Valve’s custom Linux-based SteamOS than …

Also adds support for Visual Studio 2015 and Android games controllers

Streaming giant Twitch has brought industry vet Kathy Astromoff on board as its vice president of game developer success. Astromoff will be responsible for helping developers make games and bring them to market, with a statement from the firm saying the role is ‘part business leader, part educator, part advocate’. …

Koch Media and Codemasters have inked a new distribution and co-publishing deal to cover the western games market. Beginning in 2016, the former firm will replace Bandai Namco as the sole distributor for Codemasters titles in EMEA. The collaboration also means that Koch Media will exclusively co-publish Codemasters games in …

The biggest free agent in fighting games is a free agent no longer. Team Razer has signed Seonwoo Infiltration” Lee of South Korea. The deal was made public during Capcom’sStreet Fighter Vpresentation at this weekend’s GameStart 2015 in Singapore. Terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Team Razertweeted out …

Fallout 4 has tripled the sales of its predecessor New Vegas, rocketing to number one in the UK retail rankings. The PS4, Xbox One and PC title outsold 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas by 213 per cent during its first week on sale, according to Chart-Track. It also became the third-largest …