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On Tuesday Ubisoft announced that it would be teaming up with ESL to kick off three months of Go4 cups in the UK, with a focus on console competitors. The competition will be open to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players, with matches running every Tuesday from 19:00 to 22:30 …

Game publisher Kongregate has announced a new $10m initiative to help fund promising indie titles on PC and console. The move continues Kongregate’s expansion into cross-platform publishing and will include both paid and free-to-play titles. The fund will provide independent developers with customised marketing, financial assistance and production support, as …

Film division of the Indie publisher to release movie by UK film maker Jonathan Beals on September 19th

Chipotle Mexican Grill has announced a sponsorship deal with OpTic Gaming, OpTic revealed Tuesday. Chipotle are one of the world’s largest fast food chains, and have probably seen esports as a more affordable and acceptable way to advertise than with conventional sports, with esports advertisement being an effective way to …

“So, is it just like Overwatch, then?” Playing LawBreakers on launch day, and the several beta tests before that, I’ve been bombarded with this question, in Steam messages, Discord and even the office. Thing is, besides being an FPS that features selectable heroes, LawBreakers isn’t anything like the Broverwatch many …

The communications market research reports found data collected last year made Pokemon Go the most used gaming app for smartphone users

Despite being on sale for just two days last month, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age was the best-selling game in Japan this July, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. As we reported last week, the 3DS version ofDragon Quest XI sold an incredible 1.1m …

Devolver Digital Films has announced its feature-length documentary film around the rise of Call of Duty will release worldwide on major video-on-demand platforms and Steam on September 19th 2017. The 93-minute film, dubbed CODumentary,was written, directed and produced in the UK by Jonathan Beales, and is set to explore how …

Ubisoft just expanded its presence in Nordic countries and opened its 31st studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The publisher has chosen Patrick Bach, former studio manager at EA DICE, to lead this new studio, which will work hand-in-hand with Ubisoft’s other office in Sweden, Massive, located in Malm. Massive is the …

When building a platform, one of the first challenges is persuading developers that experimenting with it is a good use of their time. The next challenge is learning from all the fantastically inventive ways developers find the edges of your tech. Improbable’s platform, SpatialOS, enables game developers to build massive, …