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People hoping to make financial gain from the expected scarcity of Nintendo’s upcoming SNES Mini have been dealt a blow. As posted on Neogaf, customers who placed bulk orders for the upcoming retro console on Amazon have been told that their orders have been trimmed back down to just one …

Tricked Esport has announced its new Counter-Strike lineup, with the team signing the former Team Singularity roster amidst rumours that sprung to life after the team were spotted Velje last month, the same town as Tricked’s headquarters. Back in May Tricked Esport announced they wouldn’t be renewing the contracts of their …

The renamed Department for Digital, Culture Meda and Sport will oversee creative industries and gambling

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Studio started in 2016 and with new funding from venture capitalist round is developing titles

The first wave of PlayLink titles for the PS4 are now launching – utlising smartphone controls to allow multiple players to play together on the PS4. We talk to Wish Studios, the Brighton-based developer, which has made both That’s You! (now on PS Plus for July) and Knowledge is Power …

Fnatic announced on Monday that it was parting ways with long-time Counter-Strike coach and manager Viktor ‘Vuggo’ Jendeby, who was currently serving as the manager of the Counter-Strike Global Offensive team. “My two and a half years in Fnatic have been an amazing time, a journey with a lot of …

EVO organiser Joey ‘Mr. Wizard’ Cuellar has revealed the number of entrants at EVO for several different games, revealing that many games have seen huge drops in the amount of registered partipants. EVO is one of, if not the biggest, fighting game events on the international stage, and so a …

It’s all change in Dota 2, with Valve announcing a complete overhaul to the way the competitive season will work after The International in Seattle next month. Dota 2’s competitive scene at the moment hinges on several Major tournaments. These tournaments are backed by Valve, and in addition there’s an …

Takei will be creative director of Hong Kong based Fifth Journey who also have an office in San Francisco