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The game of the moment has signed a new video streaming deal with Facebook. Developer Bluehole has announced that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds will stream exclusive content on Facebook Live starting today (July 10th) between 19:00-22:00 PDT (03:00-06:00 BST). It will then do the same every Monday. Each live video will show …

Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of Ukie, talks about the trade body and the work around investement in the UK games industry over the last year

Overwatch’s game director Jeff Kaplan has taken to the game’s forums to respond to recent vocal criticisms about the perceived lack of balance in Overwatch, including the recent shift towards a ‘dive’ meta.  Overwatch’s fanbase are particularly vocal about perceived imbalances, and according to Kaplan, these perceived imbalances are just …

Japan’s physical video game market was up 14.8 per cent during the first half of 2017 after being valued at 153.2bn, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. This makes H1 2017 the biggest era of growth year-on-year in Japan for the first time since H1 2014. Unsurprisingly, the launch …

Gears of War Esports, the official organisers for all Gears of War esports events, has announced two brand-new summer tournaments, focused on grassroots players in North America and Europe. The North American tournament, the CMG Offseason Open, will run from August 5-6 and is being organised by Casual Misfits Gaming, …

Special cereomny held at BAFTA HQ on Saturday celebrates four young designers and industry mentors

Netflix’s anime adaptation of cult game series Castlevania will return for a second series. Deadline reports that the Wow! Unlimited Media’s Frederator Studios production will see its run time upped to eight episodes next time out, having been limited to just four episodes for the existing series. Season One stars …

Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has predicted that Sony will not release the PS5 until 2019 or 2020 – and is right to do so. Speaking to GamingBolt, Pachter argued that this timing makes more sense than Microsoft’s decision to release the 4K-centric Xbox One X later this year, as …

SK Gaming have continued their run of dominant performances with their third big offline win this month, sweeping Cloud9 3-0 to win their second ESL One Cologne tournament in a row.  SK have been competing in Europe for the past month, winning first the Dreamhack Open in Jönköping, Sweden and …

The For Honor leaves to be director of design for the Guild Wars 2 developer