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The North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) has announced a return to the double best-of-one format for its regular season format. Riot switched from best-of-one to a best-of-three series in 2016, claiming that it would give fans more chances to watch their favourites compete. However, Riot have …

Aaron Rutledge, a lead experience designer at Riot Games, has caused problem suggesting that “we’ll be gucci” if a popular former League of Legends streamer Tyler ‘Tler1’ Steinkamp dies “From a coke overdose or testicular cancer from all the steroids.” Rutledge, posting on the League of Legends subreddit under his handle …

Sony is preparing to launch a new version of its PS VR headset in Japan this month. The updated headset, model number CUH-ZVR2, will arrive on October 14th in its home market, according to Gematsu, as part of a PlayStation VR with PlayStation Camera bundle for 44,980, but a North …

As the UK charts have hinted in recent weeks, both with the launch of Activision’s Destiny 2 and Bandai Namco’s Project CARS 2, the ever-increasing move to digital is showing no signs of slowing down. Destiny 2’s launch sales, for instance, were over 50 per cent down on its predecessor, …

Q4 has now officially launched with the release of FIFA’s new entry, which once again debuted at No.1 to impressive sales. Two days on shelves were enough for EA’s FIFA 18 to take the top spot by a wide margin. Sales may be down 25 per cent compared to Week …

The second series, called 'The Next Level' will be launching in November and look at how the UK is an industry leader in games development

Sony has announced a brand-new PlayStation credit card for the US that lets gamers earn points on their everyday purchases and PlayStation Store items. Revealed in partnership with Capital One, the Visa card comes with a number of benefits, including a $50 PlayStation Store code after the first purchase, pre-sale …

The US PlayStation blog confirms the update but it might not be the improvement users were expecting.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot wants to disrupt the games industry at every turn. Financial gain is an important goal, sure, but it’s the creative freedom and experimentation that interests him more. Jem Alexander finds out how a diverse, free environment makes Ubisoft one of the most creative developers on the planet

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