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A patch has finally introduced online play to the Switch version of NBA Playgrounds, some two months after the game was first released. Matthew Karch of developer Saber Interactive has been quite vocal about the frustrations faced in getting the patch live, however. As spotted by Reddit, Karch has suggested …

2K has announced that its licensed WWE series will be making an appearance on Switch later this year. Switch will be among the platform lineup when WWE 2K18 releases this autumn. It will be the first time that the series has graced a Nintendo platform since the release of WWE …

A Quake competitor from Australia has managed to qualify in a US regional qualifier for a tournament with a $1m prize pot. The kicker? The competitor, Daniel ‘dandaking’ De Sousa, managed to do this while still in his native Australia, competing in the online tournament with a ping of over …

Gfinity has hired former Syco executive Matt Brittain as chief commercial officer, hoping that he can bring his experience on commercially successful projects like Britain’s Got Talent and X Factor to Gfinity’s esports programming. It’s the latest in a long string of hires from around the entertainment industry which has …

The new operation is to help prove production services to smaller and indie studios, while also working on their own experiemental projects

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, …