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Psychological adventure title Hellblade has sold in stronger numbers than its developer expected. The Ninja Theory game, which came out in August, offered an atmospheric tale framed by an interesting depiction of severe mental health issues. It was, of course, also a single player game – which is especially pertinent. …

Astralis has signed a deal with C7 Brands that will name C7 as Astralis’ official hydration partner. C7 Brands have said they’ll be providing Coco Fuzion 100, a carbonated coconut water to the team. Coco Fuzion is the UK’s first carbonated coconut water, and are looking to leap into the …

Nintendo has again increased its sales forecast for the Switch. The company had expected to sell 10m consoles in its current financial year. It now expects that number to be more like 14m. The console itself has now sold 7.6m units – that means that in six months it has …

Image credit: Clément Alloing Airbus, a european company that designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aircraft, has unexpectedly returned to esports, announcing their sponsorship of new League of Legends team Out Of The Blue. There’s no information on the sponsorship and what that entails yet, as the news broke on Friday …

Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Origins has prevailed in the battle with Super Mario Odyssey to claim No.1 in this week’s UK charts. Origins’ week one sales are about level with 2015’s AC Syndicate, although revenues are higher thanks to the addition of some higher-price SKUs. Mario Odyssey comfortably beats the week …

Publisher EA has challenged the narrative that it cancelled Visceral’s Star Wars game because it was a single-player experience. Speaking to Kotaku in a wide-ranging peace about the development struggles endured by the title, executive vice president Patrick Söderlund said: “This truly isn’t about the death of single-player games — …

As part of our series of articles with Sumo Digital, creative director Sean Millard went to San Jose and Oculus Connect 4 to see how VR fits in to Sumo Digital's future

'Newgen' players in game can out come out as openly homosexual and will boost commercial interests in the club

The publisher sends a takedown request over multiplayer servers keeping old Battlefield titles alive

The figure comes from Microsoft's recent earnings call and takes in to account Xbox One, Mobile and Windows 10 users