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Team EnVyUs has confirmed reports that it has received an eight-figure investment from Hersh Interactive Group on Monday, in addition to the news that Team EnVyUs is relocating from Charlotte, North Carolina to Dallas, Texas.  The news was reported by ESPN, who claimed the organisation had received $35m from the …

Omen by HP has been announced as the headline sponsor of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards. The awards will return to London for its 35th edition this November at the Bloomsbury Big Top, and will be hosted by comedian Danny Wallace. Over 20 awards will be up for grabs on …

The Italian publisher aquires the rights to former Might and Magic developer's new title

Talent acquisition manager, Craig Pearn, tells us all about the benefits of working at Reflections, a bit of history behind the three decade old studio and its new studio in Leamington Spa

Fnatic has released its Call of Duty roster ahead of Call of Duty: WWII, and has added that they will be stepping away from competitive Call of Duty for the time being. This means that Matthew ‘skraps’ Marshall, Gurdip ‘SunnyB’ Bains, Thomas ‘Tommey’ Trewren and Bradley ‘Wuskin’ Marshall will be …

Reality Gaming Group has announced it’s raised over $3.5m through its new initial coin offering (ICO) to fund the development of its upcoming AR mobile combat game, Reality Clash. The ICO began on August 29th using Ethereum blockchain technologies and runs until September 29th, but the amount raised so far …

The Gfinity Elite Series has revealed the kick off date for the tournament’s second season. Gfinity Elite Series season 2 will start on October 6 2017, and will continue to be broadcast live from the Gfinity Esports Arena in Fulham, London. This series will run each weekend from October 6 …

New game to be an MMO tactical shooter with 1,000 concurrent players in one world

British studio Automaton Games has secured $10m of investment from Cambridge Venture Partners to create a brand-new massively multiplayer survival combat game using Improbable’s SpatialOS platform and CryEngine, Improbable has announced. The game is currently scheduled for release sometime in 2018, with the first playable content arriving in the spring. …

Luminosity Gaming has signed their second PUBG team, picking up an all-Brazilian squad eager for chicken dinner. The roster is Bruno ‘aXt’ Habitzreuter, Joseph ‘Tecnosh’ Touma, Tiago ‘SkipNhO’ Lannes and Mateus ‘yaTz’ Duarte. The four players have a high bar to hit, LG’s first roster won the third-person Squads tournament …