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Some of the world’s top eSports teams are actively recruiting for teams to compete in Blizzard’s upcoming competitive shooter Overwatch. The Daily Dot reports that Tempo Storm made an offer to the world’s most successful Team Fortress 2 group Froyotech, about the formation of an Overwatch team. A two-year deal …

The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will not receive all of the post-release DLC pencilled in for the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Players on older machines will not be able to buy a Season Pass to access the content, either. "Season Pass …

John Broomhall talks with Supermassive Games’ Barney Pratt

Senior project manager Tom Johnson on landing a job at the Star Citizen developer

Reports of Rare’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated as the studio scored its first No.1 hit in 17 years. But why did so many believe they were dying in the first place?

Upcoming event SXSW has come in for criticism after cancelling not only a Gamergate-backed panel but also a panel designed to explore the topic of harassment. The March gathering was due to host two sessions – ‘SavePoint: A Discussion on the Gaming Community’ and ‘Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games’. …

It seems one of Sony’s Paris Games Week announcements has been revealed ahead of time. Gematsu spotted a now-removed listing for a title called Driveclub Bikes on the PEGI website, meaning the game had been submitted for certification in Europe. The title appeared as a serperate listing from the core …

You know a company plans to go big with a game when it starts the marketing for it almost a year in advance. That’s precisely what Xbox has done with Halo 5: Guardians, the latest in the 65 million unit-selling sci-fi super franchise. We have considerable expectations for Halo 5: …

Channel 4 isn’t a stranger to producing games, but now the TV network has opened up a dedicated publishing arm to this end – All 4 Games. MCV talks to studio boss Colin MacDonald to find out more Why start All 4 Games? It came from a few different places. …