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The Street Fighter V beta has been brought to a halt after a disastrous few days of server problems. Capcom says that the beta will return at a later date, and that the brief periods when it was operable will not count towards the overall time it will run for …

IGN’s UK editor-in-chief Alex Simmons lifts the curtain on the media giant’s record-breaking coverage of this year’s E3 A few years ago doomsayers claimed E3 was dead, that the show was little more than a demonstration of gratuitous excess. But that was the E3 of old, and as an event …

Those thirsting for a bit of keyboard and mouse tomfoolery on PS4 will soon have an officially sanctioned solution. Amazon is carrying a listing for a HORI branded peripheral called the Tactical Assault Commander 4. It comes in two parts – a mouse and truncated keyboard. The wired mouse appears …

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Ouya founder Julie Uhrman has announced both the company’s acquisition at the hands of Razer and her departure. Uhrman has over the last hour tweeted a string of thanks to dozens of people and companies who she has worked with over the last few years. Among those tweets is one …

Founder Julie Uhrman leaves following acquisition

Doom.” Bethesda wants that to be the answer to the question What is your favourite FPS”. Over a decade after the launch of Doom 3 and over 20 years since the series’ debuted, Doom will next year re-enter the FPS race. And publisher Bethesda is desperate to make up for …

VideoGamer.com head of video production Simon Miller explains how the site’s comedic approach to E3 helped it stand out from the crowd For E3 2015 VideoGamer – from a video standpoint – decided to try something different. Using comedy as a basis for the majority of our video output has …

UK PC retailer Overclockers has announced three new PCs that it intends to sell on the strength of their streaming credentials. The StreamR Elite System can be equipped with a range of Nvidia graphics cards and includes an Intel Core i7-5820K CPU, all of which is plugged into MSI X99S …

For the first time in eSports history a League of Legends team has finished the season undeafeated. The Daily Dot reports that Fnatic won all 18 matches of its League Championship Series season. The previous best season performance was posted by Cloud9 in 2013 when it finished the season at …