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Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V debuts at the top of the charts this week, but it failed the beat the Week One sales of both the Batman: Arkham Knight and The Witcher III. It is also the best-selling week one for the series so far, beating the sales of Metal …

The video production firm behind Red vs Blue and Achievement Hunter will next week release a new documentary looking at the popularity of Let’s Play videos. As well as looking back at the all-around success of the Let’s Play format, which sees a group of video creators play games while …

Destiny composer and ex-Bungie employee Marty O’Donnell has come out on top in his lawsuit against his former company. O’Donnell initially won the suit over a year ago, but a new report from Venture Beat reveals Bungie’s appeals caused a final ruling to be delayed until just last week. Now, …

In the spring of 2014, after a decade of visa problems, the Hassan family moved out of its spacious house in Karachi, Pakistan, to an apartment in Rosemont, a suburb of Chicago near O’Hare International Airport. They were a family of eight, two parents and six kids, jammed into a …

UK eSports tournament provider Gfinity says big traditional TV broadcasters need to wake up and recognise how popular competitive gaming is with today’s youth. Speaking at a panel session at Intel’s showing of eSports documentary ‘All Work All Play’ yesterday evening, Paul Chaloner, head of broadcasting at Gfinity and host …

Following on fromMLG hostingtheir first Rocket League tournament, the game’s popularity as an eSport looks to continue to grow with it rocket boosting onto UK companyGfinity‘slist of supported titles. Gfinity is an online eSports hub with an international audience and has been active for over six years. With over 300,000 …

Endemol Beyond USAhas a new brand partner (and a new network) for one of its upcoming series. The YouTube multi-channel network has partnered withPizza Hutto launchLegends of Gamingon theupcominggaming and eSports vertical calledSmasher Networkon October 7, 2015. Hosted by YouTube starToby Turner(akaTobuscus),Legends of Gamingis a gaming competition show (based onEndemol’s …

The stadium seating is full, the 500-strong audience lit fire red and ice blue. Gamescom, held annually in Cologne, Germany, is Europe’s largest video game fair. This game ofCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, a popular first-person shooter, is its big draw. A sound system broadcastingplay-by-play commentary is almost drowned out bythe noise …

ESPN has posted a job listing seeking an editor to head up a new eSports division within the company. The Daily Dotreports the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports is looking to hire a candidate with expert-level knowledge” of major eSports properties, such as League of Legends, Dota 2, Call of …

Studio confirms unspecified number of redundancies