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Games retailer GameSeek has announced it will launch a brand-new online marketplace for toys in September, making it the UK’s first specialist toy marketplace where users can not only buy toys direct from the site, but also sell their own goods using GameSeek’s e-commerce options. The news comes just two …

Nintendo Switch sales rose 46 per cent in Japan last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, suggesting Nintendo’s boost to production is finally coming into effect at Japanese retail. The console shifted over 36,000 units last week, allowing it to take a 44.7 per cent market share of …

ESL has announced two top-level hires as the company looks to expand into new areas. Rodrigo Samwell has been named as ESL’s new chief marketing officer, and Martin Hubert will take the role of chief revenue officer. “This is an exciting time for the global esports industry with ESL at …

Spanish video game distributor and publisher Badland Games has launched its very own publishing division for indie games, Badland Games Publishing. The news co-incides with the company opening its new Badland Games Research Poland office in Warsaw, allowing the company to expand its publishing efforts and work with a wider …

The global worth of the mobile games market exceeded that of the console and PC games market for the first time in 2016. That’s according to a new report from DFC Intelligence, which says that overall mobile game revenues grew 32 per cent in 2016. Unsurprisingly the driver of this …

We now have what should hopefully be a final release date for PS4 racer Gran Turismo Sport. The game will skid into retail in Europe on October 18th, a day after it crosses the North American finish line on October 17th. That’s two weeks after Forza Motorsport 7, incidentally. The …

22cans’ smartphone title The Trail will be released for PC on Steam this summer, publisher Kongregate has said. The game was released on iOS and Android late last year, and must have done reasonably well to warrant a port. The PC version has apparently undergone a complete redesign and rebuild, …

Following its launch in November, the Gameslab Leeds program from Creative England has now awarded grants to nine developers. In total that represents 157k worth of investment, safeguarding nearly 40 jobs and creating another 18. Another 75k is looking to be invested by the end of the year, and applications …

This week, we partner with our sister title Esports Pro for a special esports edition of MCV. We met some of the biggest players of the UK esports scene – the British Esports Association, ESL UK, Faceit, Gfinity and Multiplay – and discussed the growth of the market, what needs …

VR will make a big stride towards the mainstream in 2018 when Oculus releases a $200 standalone VR headset. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that the new headset is designed to bridge the gap between cheaper entry-level smartphone based VR and high-end headsets that plug into PCs. Not only …