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Gamescom is a swirling maelstrom of noise at the best of times, but the crowd here for Rainbow Six Siege’s Pro League finals is louder still, a cacophony of noise drowning out other booths at an event known for its sound and fury. Rainbow Six Siege has come a long …

Former subsidiary of IO Interactive studio to be rebranded as Wargaming Copenhagen

This Month, QA manager at Bossa Studios, Damien Peter, talks about how you need to demonstrate passion in order to succeed in job interviews

FTC also issue guidance to social medai influencers on how to disclose any endorsements

Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin and Thomas ‘Syndicate’ Cassell, two of the part-owners of CS:GO gambling site CSGOLotto, have reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It’s the equivilent of a slap on the wrist for the pair, who faced backlash from the community for advertising their CS:GO gambling site …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will be getting a Ruger Mini-14 in its update next week. When we spoke to Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene at Gamescom last week, he said the next update would have not one but two new weapons, and they’d be in the map instead of in care packages. While it’s …

The fund, designed to help armed-forces veterans find employment has raised over $25m in the US since 2009

It’s been a whirlwind month for George ‘King George’ Kassa. Last month, Kassa and his team departed Vertical Gaming after repeated financial disputes, where the team claimed “non-stop lying” had dissolved the relationship between the team and the organisations co-founder. The team were planning to compete at Gamescom as an …

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime said the platform holder is focused on having enough Switch stock this Christmas but couldn’t confirm it would actually be the case. Talking at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology Summit yesterday, he was asked about the firm’s goal to sell 10m units of the Switch …

Nintendo is closing down another of its social experiments, Miiverse. It’s the latest in a long history of abandoned social functions in both home console and handhelds. Jem Alexander ponders whether any social gimmicks can cross console generations and, if so, which