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Hand tracking company Leap Motion has opened a new design reserach studio in London, the firm has announced. Heading up the studio is VR and AR filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda, who assumes the role of VP of design and global creative director.  The news comes just three months after the company revealed …

Konami has announced it has become an official partner of Arsenal Football Club. The new agreement will extend Konami’s previous access to the club, where it appeared as a licensed club in PES 2017 complete with its official insignia, and allow the company to perfectly recreate the team in this …

Today is Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues across the world. To help with this objective, developer Ninja Theory will donate all proceeds from the sale of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice to UK charity Rethink today (October 10th).  This was announced by the studio in a blog post, …

The developer will donate all proceeds from sales today (Tuesday 10th October) to UK charity Rethink

An immersive theatre company is using video games to blur the lines between digital and real, transport school children into a mythical world and teach them a little maths along the way. Jem Alexander finds out more

The VR and AR motion tracking company will be working with award winning film maker Keiichi Matsuda

Fnatic have announced a strategic partnership with GamingZone Entertainment, the producers of reality TV show GAMERZ, that will see team members that win the GAMERZ show being placed on Fnatic’s CS:GO Academy team.  The first series of the show took place earlier this year, and was patchy but promising, although …

Liz Prince, business manager at recruitment specialist Amiqus, helps solve some of the trickier problems job seekers currently face in the games industry

Finland’s esports federation has come to a deal with the Finnish defence forces that will see professional esports players counted as athletes.  This is a big deal because in Finland, home to many of the world’s best CS:GO players, a stint in the military between the ages of 18-19 is …

Amarchi-Cuevas will head up to launch new merchandise SUBSURF, based on the Subway Surfers mobile game and animated short