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Swedish esports oufit GODSENT have signed Niko ‘naSu’ Kovanen as the new head coach for their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team. He replaces Graham ‘messioso’ Pitt who has been handling the role in the interim this summer, who will be returning to a position with RFRSH Entertainment on the organisational side, …

Gfinity’s Elite Series has a new franchise lead, Joel Holmes-Darby. Holmes-Darby is currently working as a management consultant at auditors KPMG, and will resign from this position in addition to his role as managing director of esports outside exceL Esports, who are currently an active participant in Gfinity’s Elite Series. …

The UK’s biggest school-based esports tournament, the Digital Schoolhouse National Schools Esports Tournament, is returning for a second year as part of 2018’s London Games Festival. Ukie has today announce that the tournament, powered by PlayStation, will be returning as part of the capital’s annual celebration of all things games …

September was a heavy month in games, marking the beginning of Q4 and providing a much needed boost to retail. Month-on-month, the market was up 156 per cent in units and 290 per cent in value. Compared to September last year, the market had a healthy 16 per cent growth …

As well as announcing it had saved social VR start-up AltSpaceVR, Microsoft also announced that all Windows Mixed Reality headsets are now available for pre-order at its MR event last night – and that includes Samsung’s newly unveiled HMD Odyssey headset. Available for $499.99 on November 6th in the US, …

Microsoft kicked off its Windows Mixed Reality event with a bang last night, announcing it had acquired social VR app startup Altspace VR. The firm had been struggling earlier in the year, and had even announced it was shutting down in July after a new funding round fell through. Only …

505 Games’ recently announced partnership with Quantum Break and Alan Wake studio Remedy Entertainment will take the publisher "to the next level." That’s according to Raffi Galante (pictured far right), CEO of 505 Games’ parent company Digital Bros.  "The partnership with Remedy is a huge opportunity for us," he told …

The social VR platform and Microsoft's mixed reality programe will work together to benefit both technologies

After the Dreamhack Montreal controversy that tore up Immortals’ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster, the organisation has started to rebuild, filling one of its empty slots with the signing of João ‘Horvy’ Horvath. Horvath comes into a tumultuous period for the team, with Vito ‘kNG’ Giuseppe benched and then released, and …

In this month's print and digital editions, we speak to Machine Games about how the first person shooter genre has evolved and take a look at VR one year after its mainstream launch