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Blizzard has filed for a new trademark indicating the company is looking into increasing its support of eSports. VG247 reports on the listing registered as Compete, pointing out that the trademarking might not mean a platform carrying the name is actively under construction. The description details a service that would …

Bethesda has made good on its aim to bring Fallout Shelter to Android this month, with the game available to download now on Google Play. The game was revealed during E3 in June, launching on the same day for iOS. The company initially stated the Android version would hopefully be …

Dying Light has sold 5m units since its launch in January, developer Techland has announced. Producer Tymon Smektala revealed the milestone In an interview with VideoGamer during gamescom last week. "To be honest, I think even we are a little surprised by the scope of our success," Smektala said. "We …

Vision Summit will be held in Hollywood in February 2016

Virgin Media and Gfinity are looking for the best gaming all-rounder in the UK with an eSports Hexathlon concluding at September’s EGX. Players will compete over six games online between now and the 19th of September, with 10 finalists making it to the main stage at Birmingham’s NEC between the …

New partnership with Games Workshop sees Leamington studio developing Warhammer 40k: Freeblade

We speak to founder and CEO Andy Wafer about the UK start-up's success

Gamescom was bigger than it has ever been this year, but in terms of big reveals things were a little quieter. Christopher Dring and Alex Calvin delve behind the headlines to bring you six key takeaways from the world’s largest games event Quantum Break is shaping up to be the …

But another, more detailed crowdfunding campaign is planned

The Gamescom numbers defied the experience somewhat. There were 345,000 visitors to the show, which is 10,000 up on last year’s figure. There were 806 companies, a rise of 14 per cent, and 33,200 trade visitors, a more modest increase of five per cent. But try telling that to the …