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Stern will be returning to the company to head up the GDC events, starting from August, alongside new conference manager, Victoria Petersen

Developers of The Chainsmokers VR experience will working with the creative agency responsible for many Netflix campaigns

Dingit.TV has been officially confirmed as the main sponsor for Gamescom’s Indie Arena booth. As a gold level sponsor, esports and gaming video outfit Dingit.tv will be involved at all levels of the show, supporting indie titles but also running tournaments for competitive games at the event. From Dingit.tv’s blog …

The UK end to end esports solutions company expands to North America with the move

Earlier in July Blizzard announced the first seven teams that would be taking part in Season 1 of the Overwatch League, with teams in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, New York City, San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Now, they’ve opened the whole thing up, and dished the dirt on how the …

The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester will be welcoming 160 consoles this summer. Games expo Power Up is heading to Manchester from August 11th to August 28th, with players able to enjoy 40 years of video games, from Pong and Pac Man to Minecraft and Mario. Among the …

UK events and games service provider Multiplay has been unveiled as the host for Ready At Dawn’s new VR multiplayer title, Echo Arena. Multiplay previously hosted the servers for Ready At Dawn’s Deformers, as well as Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2 (which is now coming to Xbox One this August), …

Polish developer and publisher Techland has announced the creation of a new digital distribution service, now available in 144 countries. Called Gemly, it launched yesterday and offers exclusive content for Techland’s own creations such as Dying Light and titles it brought to market via its publishing arm, such as Torment: …

HTC’s first Vive standalone VR headsetwill be aimed at the Chinese market, the company has announced, and will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 mobile chipset. The news comes out of ChinaJoy 2017, and follows HTC’s previous announcement in May that it would be developing a standalone headset for Google …

Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 went straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly charts last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, prompting a 178 per cent spike in Nintendo Switch sales as a result. The Switch sequel to Nintendo’s family-friendly shooter shifted just shy of 671,000 copies last week, …