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The pair are moving away from management roles to "jump back into the trenches"

The American basketball league will be the first to support a full season of live games on Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream

Citing the risk of the Overwatch esports league and the frequency of top titles from Take-Two, analyst firm Cowen warns of potential underperformance

Replay Events has announced the full line-up of games and publishers that will be attending this year’s Play Expo Manchester at Event City. Taking place this weekend (October 14th-15th), the event will see the likes of Ubisoft, Jagex, Techland, PQube, Lucid Games and more showcase their latest titles at the …

Epic Games has announced that its controversial Battle Royale mode for Fortnite has already hit 10m players in just two weeks. The game also peaked at 525,000 concurrent players on Monday, with 3.7m active users on that day alone.  To celebrate the milestone, Epic released an infographic, detailing (among other facts) …

In addition to announcing a brand-new standalone VR headset in the form of the Oculus Go, Oculus also announced yet another permanent price cut for its regular Rift headset.  After its successful Summer of Rift program, where it dropped the price temporarily to £399 for six weeks, the Rift will now stay at …

The Korean e-Sports Association, better known as KeSPA has reportedly failed to meet new standards put in place by the Korean Sport & Olympic committee, which has cost them their status as a recognised sporting organisation. This comes from a report from This Is Game, translated by Slingshot Esports. The Korean …

Oculus has announced a brand-new standalone VR headset for release in early 2018. Unveiled yesterday at its OC4 conference, the Oculus Go will cost $199 and doesn’t require any cables or a smartphone to provide the display.  Made of fabric that’s both soft and breathable, Oculus says the headset will …

The new headset will fit the 'sweet spot' between mobile and PC virtual reality options and retail at $199

New games, new products and platform improvements all feature in the Oculus keynote for its fourth Connect event