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eSports is on the rise according to HyperX’s business manager Edward Baily, which is why more resellers should stock up on components. Here he explains why… Last year in Katowice, Poland, I experienced first-hand one of the world’s largest PC gaming eSports tournaments: The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. Read …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new video showcasing the ridiculous amount of voice acting talent gathered for its upcoming action adventure title Lego Dimensions. In a Back to the Future reunion, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd will play their respective characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Gary …

Capcom’s free-to-play game Dragon’s Dogma Online has racked up more than 1m downloads since its release last month. DualShockersreports the PS3, PS4 and PC editions of the title have combined to reach the milestone just 10 days after its August 27thlaunch in Japan. The publisher adds that over 370,000 characters …

Shovel Knight is set to receive a free update packing a completely new campaign later this week, developer Yacht Club has announced. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows will have players working through an all-new” adventure starring Plague Knight, along with a new challenge mode. The content launches this Thursday, September …

Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick has made its two designers Layton Hawkes and Ryan Langley redundant. According toKotaku, the Australian studio no longer has any design staff on the team, and has no plans to take on any new employees in the profession. Despite letting go of its designers, Halfbrick CEO …

Emmanuel Marquez to have greater input on company's future direction

The new president of Nintendo expected the Wii U to fail – that’s one of many claims to be made in the Japanese press in the aftermath of the appointment of Nintendo’s new president. Former Nintendo of America boss Tatsumi Kimishima was yesterday named as the successor to late boss …

'Great ideas can come from anywhere and we want to create an environment that fosters this notion,' says CEO

SCE London’s Alastair Lindsay and Joe Thwaites offer their advice to Game Music Connect attendees

As rumoured in June, Mariah Carey is the new celebrity face/cleavage of Machine Zone’s mobile hit Game of War. Furthermore, the first short to feature the R&B songstress can be seen below, as spotted by Eurogamer. Be warned though – Mariah’s involvement is quite fleeting. Carey replaces the game’s current …