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Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene has taken to the update patch notes for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ 4th monthly update to defend the team’s inclusion of a crate and key system. “While our intention was and still is to add the full (crate and key) feature to the game when we move into actual …

BT Sport will air the Elite Series tournament games in the UK, following the announcement of a partnership with Gfinity. Starting today, BT Sport’s platforms will broadcast Gfinity’s popular tournament, held at the Gfinity Esports Arena in London, with weekly games until the weekend of finals from September 1st to …

IGN reports that the two studios based in Montreal, Canada will combine following poor reception to Mass Effect: Andromeda

Sony released its Q1 fiscal year 2017 results this morning and sales from its game and network services division rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 348.1bn. This was due to an increase in PS4 software sales and PS VR sales, but its growth was offset by the impact of the …

Counter Logic Gaming has been sold to the Madison Square Garden Company, who have acquired a controlling stake in the company. Based in North America, CLG was founded in 2010 and has recently been in-form, notching up a series of impressive placements in CS:GO. They also have teams in League of …

Games retailer GameSeek has launched its new online marketplace. The news comes justtwo months after the retailer confirmed plans to relaunch its entire website from the ground up, and two weeks after plans to launch the UK’s first specialist marketplace for toys. The online marketplace, which is powered by Mirakl, …

Newest interations create the first automated all-in-one tracking solution for location based VR.

Endorsed by IMGA, the two awards will be awarded at the conference on September 6th. Entries are open until August 20th

How do veteran developers feel about the next five years of the UK games industry?How do veteran developers feel about the next five years of the UK games industry?

Mike ‘Glaurung’ Fisk is someone to keep an eye on. The 20 year old is well regarded as one of NA’s best shotcallers, and in his role as a flex player for NA team Roll20, is playing for one of the region’s best teams, too. We spoke to Fisk directly after …