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North American esports outfit Cloud9 has raised $25m in Series A Investment, welcoming investment partners from across sports and entertainments. The fund was led by Founders Fund, made up of several Paypal funders, and it was joined by funding from San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, the Beverly Hills Sports …

Argos has announced a UK-first Fast Track delivery trial that guarantees its customers will be the first in the country to receive Microsoft’s Xbox One X. The ambitiously-named Minute-Past-Minute delivery option will be trialled across London Zones 1-5 and promises that customers will receive the console on their doorstep just …

Warner Bros has officially confirmed that Lego Dimensions is no more. The news follows a report from Eurogamer last week stating that the toys-to-life franchise had been canned a year earlier than planned, according to sources close to the company. That doesn’t mean Lego Dimension packs will suddenly disappear from shelves, …

No more expansion packs will be produced although server and customer support will remain and stock of previous packs will still be available

Starbreeze and Acer have announced a new capitalisation plan for its virtual reality headset, StarVR. Under the new agreement, Acer will now contribute $5m to the joint venture and increase its interest to 66.7 per cent. Starbreeze, meanwhile, will be relieved from its remaining captial commitment of $7.5m and its …

John Broomhall talks with Naughty Dog’s audio lead Phil Kovats about the newest Uncharted game and the difference in creating audio from The Last of Us to now

The sports entertainment company along with an NBA and NHL franchise owner, a baseball player and many others all invested to help Cloud9 improve facilities

Speaking to Waypoint Radio, Manveer Heir said he's seen people "literally spend $15,000 on Mass Effect multiplayer cards

Heroes of the Storm’s esports league keeps rolling, but organisations still aren’t interested. What’s going on with Heroes of the Storm’s esports scene?  BlizzCon 2014 saw the first iteration of Heroes of the Storm esports on stage. At that time Heroes of the Storm was still in technical alpha and …

A score of UK games industry veterans have called on the government to increase support for the sector by funding a new national agency, the British Games Institute (BGI). First proposed at the end of last year by Ian Livingstone and Rick Gibson, the BGI has now taken to Change.org to get …