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The worldwide games market grew by 9 per cent year-on-year in May, according to the latest report from SuperData,reaching $7.8bn. Once again, mobile was the strongest driver last month, with the sector growing by 16 per cent year-on-year. Free to play also grew by 17 per cent, while pay to …

Sean Cleaver sits down with Ghost Town Games to find out how the two-man team made a BAFTA award-winning co-op experience and how touring it around conventions gave valuable feedback

After clutching victory in both the Dreamhack Open and the ECS Season 3 finals, SK are looking like one of the strongest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads in the world.  They’re currently on a summer break, a working holiday that’s seeing the team venture to Europe with the aim of smashing …

The biggest awards for the UK games industry only has a few spaces left, so don't delay and join the fun

Quake Champions full release will be made available on Steam, a developer Q&A has revealed, meaning that even though the beta is only playable via the Bethesda.net app, the game will launch on Steam, opening it up to many more competitive players on PC.  This is a big deal, as …

Fast food giant McDonalds last week announced a partnership with Blizzard to plaster their trademark Golden Arches across the Starcraft II World Championship Series in Australia. Mcdonald’s will have naming rights, branding, content integration and on the ground content activations, although the specific format that activation will take hasn’t yet …

New Modigliani exhibition opens in November with an integrated VR experience.

Vehicular MOBA Heavy Metal Machines has launched several new mods and features, chief among this is its first ever Esports European Tournament, which will see €10,000 up for grabs for lucky teams. This tournament has been unveiled by Brazilian developers Hoplon, who we spoke to about the process of designing …

Vivendi’s streaming video service Dailymotion is backing away from the YouTube and Switch market with a shift to premium video. The former Yahoo acquisition target has signed up with Vice, Universal Music (which is also owned by Vivendi) and CNN to create what it described as high quality content targeting …

SK Gaming has beaten FaZe Clan in the ECS Season Three finals in London, notching up their second LAN victory in as many weeks during their European summer holiday. SK beat out Astralis in a drawn-out match to get to the finals, while Cloud9 fell to FaZe Clan to give them …