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Team Ninja has confirmed a third entry in the Dead or Alive Xtreme series – and it’s going to support Sony’s virtual reality headset. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 was announced last week at the Tokyo Game Show. Confirmed characters were selected via fan vote and include Marie Rose, Honoka, …

DraftKingsis launching afantasy eSports product, the first foray for a majortraditional fantasy sports site into the video game industry. DraftKingsannounced the launch via its Playbook:” We’re launching an esports section on DraftKings, where you can play fantasy esports and win big money, just like you do now with football, baseball, …

Lenovo India Gaming Week eSports tournament recently concluded in Mumbai. The LAN gaming tournament featured 35 popular multiplayer titles, whichpositively gathered gamers’ attentionfrom all over the country. Despite the fact that the India Gaming Week tournament concluded successfully by Lenovo, a few gamers have raised very serious and shocking allegations …

Owners of older versions of Nintendo’s 3DS won’t be able to play one of its upcoming titles in 3D. Perfectly Nintendo reports that Hyrule Warriors Legends’ developers faced a bit of a challenge porting the Wii U game onto the handheld hardware, primarily due to the high number of enemies …

Keynote to kick off today at 3pm UK time

Former Yager employee Bernd Diemer now working on Horizon: Zero Dawn

New initiative to support developers through tax claims

The BioShock series may be next in line-for the HD next-gen makeover treatment. AGB grabbed a screenshot of a listing on the website of South African retailer Raru for a SKU called The BioShock Collection. The game is listed for PS4 and Xbox One with a release date of November …

Unikrn, a startup focused on esports betting has acquired DotaProHub, an 18 month old esports startup. Gurgaon-basedDotaProHub, is an analysis tool for competitive Dota 2 gaming that caters to fans, professional players and casting studios alike.As part of the deal, DotaProHub foundersSwaroop HegdeandAditya Mukherjeeare moving to Seattle, WA where Unikrn’s …

Craig Chapple talks to Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui on the development of its long-awaited Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms, and why it’s staffing up its Berlin studio to finish the job