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It’ll all be over by Christmas, they said. They were wrong. Call of Duty: WWII has clutched the UK Christmas number one, and has done so comfortably after a strong showing that has seen the game selling around 50%, still, then last year’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which also …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds sold more than 1m copies in its first 48 hours on the Xbox One. The news comes from Xbox Wire, who announced the figures on Friday, ahead of PUBG’s first weekend on sale. Bluehole’s battle royale survive-em-up launched into Microsoft’s Xbox Game Preview program on December 12. At …

Blizzard is ‘very, very’ interested in creating an Overwatch film or episodic series, according to Jeff Kaplan. Kaplan spoke to Game Reactor at the Fun & Series Game Festival in Spain, and revealed that he was a fan of the idea: “These are things that we’re very, very interested in." …

Popular streamer Guy ‘DrDisrespect’ Beahm has announced a hiatus from streaming after admitting to infidelity live on Twitch.  "I have a beautiful family, and a wife, and kid. And I want to be transparent that I’ve been unfaithful," said Beahm, visibly upset. "I apologize to you guys, and my sponsors, …

Atari, or the people currently responsible for the brand, has been forced to delay crowdfunding for their Ataribox console, citing a developmental delay. The Ataribox is planned to be based on ‘PC technology’, and is an AMD processor with Radeon graphics and a Linux-based operating system. The machine is planned …

Develop talks to composer Wilbert Roget and Sledgehammer Games audio director David Swenson

Jem Alexander speaks to Ovosonico's Massimo Guarini about catering to a larger audience, developing more personal experiences and delivering messages through games

Engine development continues as Amazon celebrates a year of improvements

The US Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to overturn the 2015 ‘net neutrality’ rule, which prohibits internet service providers (ISPs) for blocking, throttling or prioritising Internet traffic. This was originally put in place in 2015 over fears that ISPs would start charging more money for certain services, meaning slower game …

Another day, another Keywords acquisition.