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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundshas now reached 481,291 users at its peak on Steam, creator Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene announced on Twitter (see below). This makes PUBG the most played game on Steam apart from Valve’s own titles, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2. The latter is still far ahead though with 1,291,328 peak …

Soedesco has announced its third original IP, Real Farm Sim, which will be released physically and digitally on PS4, Xbox One and PC in Q4 later this year. The game will also receive support for the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, with a Switch version to come shortly afterwards. …

ESL UK has announced the promotion of senior product manager Rob Black to the role of chief operating officer with immediate effect. Black, who joined the company two years ago as a product manager, and was promoted to the role of senior product manager just six months after joining the …

The Hollywood Hammers esports organisation has revealed that it’s releasing its Overwatch team, joining the long list of esports organisations stepping away from Blizzard’s first person shooter. However, this seems to be performance based issues instead of the usual concerns cited with Overwatch’s competitive scene. In this case, the Hollywood …

To celebrate the launch of wintry survival game The Long Dark, which leaves Steam’s Early Access today, developer Hinterland has announced it will be bringing the title to the big screen in the form of live-action film adaptation. The game, which is due to launch on PS4, Xbox One and …

Recent venture funding collapse spells the end for the VR company founded in 2013

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 …