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The final whistle is about to blow for those still playing PES 2014 online. Konami has announced that it will pull online support from the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 football game on November 17th, just more than two years after its initial release. The move is part of an …

PlayStation Plus members will be able to vote to see what titles will appear in Instant Game Collection later this week. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog which says that the first vote opens tomorrow (Thursday August 13th) at 4:30pm, and will run until Monday August 24th …

Zenimax’s lawsuit against Oculus VR and its parent company Facebook will move forward, after separate motions to dismiss by the latter two firms were denied. Polygonreports Facebook’s motion to dismiss due to a number of errors” in Zenimax’s allegations was shut down by US District Court judge Jorge A. Solis. …

A new digital card game-focused report from Superdata states that Blizzard’s free-to-play release Hearthstone is raking in $20m a month between PC and mobile platforms. The company highlights the figure in asummary of its annual digital card game report, with the analyst firm adding that Blizzard has managed to recreate …

Wildstar’s upcoming free-to-play re-release has entered closed beta, developer Carbine Studios has announced. All current subscribers of the game have access to the test, as well as non-subscribers who have received a closed beta key – which anyone can sign-up for by visiting Wildstar’s official website. Carbine and publisher NCSoft …

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Code Monkeys

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Pogo Mad

'It is by far the most expensive title we have developed – much closer to the cost of a retail console game'

FACEIT have today launched the CS:GO FACEIT Pro League, where the best European players will compete for $20,000 of prize money each month, including non-professionals. The league follows on from April’s launch of a similar league in Dota 2, and has also been set up with the same level of …

Valve has reiterated their decision not to host a single world championship for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive despite the success of last week’s Dota 2 finals. The International 5 concluded at the weekend, reaching a massive audience with several million watching across five official language streams, with American team Evil Geniuses …