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'PC gamers are important to Ubisoft'

RPG 7th Dragon III Code: VFD has shot to the top of the Japanese software charts in its first week. Sega’s new title outsold Super Mario Maker by almost four times last week, as Nintendo’s DIY game for the Wii U slipped to second. Meanwhile, former third place title FIFA …

David Haddad responsible for division's publishing, sales marketing and game production

Publisher Ubisoft has said that it has joined the Open Gaming Alliance (OGA) to build some bridges with the PC gaming community. PC gamers are important to Ubisoft, and we’re committed to better understanding and addressing their needs and to continually improving our relationship with them,” Ubisoft’s consumer and marketing …

Super Evil MegaCorp has been making in-roads in the eSports scene this year, positioning hit MOBAVaingloryas one of the first major competitive mobile games with a South Korean televised league in the summer. Now the studio has revealed its next big move after July’s Invitational: huge live events for its …

Creative director Thomas Wilson discusses the challenge of bringing new-gen games to last-gen consoles

A proLeague of Legendsplayer was fined today for partaking in one of humanity’s most ancient and cherished gestures: flippin’ the bird. The finger in question was lifted during theLeagueWorld Championships group stages in Paris. As Hai and his team set up for an important match at theagainst ahq eSports Club, …

The Pokemon Company has announced that its mascot Pikachu will be added to the licensed collection of toys available at Build-A-bear Workshop. The character will be launched in early 2016 across Europe, North America and Australia. Those who choose to stuff their own Pikachu either in-store or online will also …

Competitive eSports platform Unikrn has partnered withmulti-player gaming league FACEIT,to create the world’s first competitive integrity certification program for eSports. The program aims to establish industry-wide best practice combined with competitive structures and policies to ensure legitimacy in eSports match results. Read more at SBC >>>

Wargaming has opened a dedicated new mobile game publishing and development division WG Cells. It will have two studios based in Seattle and Kiev, and will be headed by Wargaming’s Marat Karpeko and former DropForge Games CEO David Bluhm. Games already released under the label include strategy RPG Loot & …