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EA has revealed that more than 9 million gamers tried the beta for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront. Taking to EA’s Star Wars blog, senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir announced the impressive figures, which represent a record for the single largest beta in EA’s history. The beta was announced in April. …

Rocket League’s next DLC will be of the licensed variety. Developer Psyonix has detailed the upcoming Back to the Future Car Pack. It appears, however, that the ‘pack’ contains just one item – although what an item it is: the flying DeLorean time machine. Furthermore, the car will be released …

British eSports organiser Gfinity has recorded 58.5m online views of their 2015 Championship Series, exceeding first year targets of 50m. The Gfinity Series, comprised of 23 weekly tournaments since March, was played across five eSports titles at the company’s dedicated eSports Arena in Fulham, London. September’s series finale, held at …

Sony has revealed that a Game of the Year edition of From Software’s Bloodborne will be released on PS4 before Christmas. The SKU will include the game’s upcoming DLC, The Old Hunters, which will explore the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth. It’s set in what is described …

NewBay Media has named four new senior directors to its reorganised European team. Andrew Wooden has been appointed Interactive Entertainment Content Director, managing the editorial for MCV, Develop, Toy News, PCR and more. Wooden is a former staff writer on MCV, and has worked on Future’s T3 publication. He was …

Microsoft and Creative England offer £100,000 in grants to local studios

All campaign missions available from the start in new Call of Duty as dev aims to give gamers more choice

It’s going to cost in the region of 90 to see everything that Star Wars battlefront has to offer at launch. The base game for Star Wars: Battlefront costs in the region of 40-60 depending on the format and the retailer. On Origin for PC, for instance, it costs 50. …

How to use simple lighting effects to create great emotional impact