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For Honor is getting ranked and tournament play today, with a beta for PC players on the Public Test Server (PTS) The beta will only have 1v1 Duel tournaments at the moment, although future modes are planned. Does this mean there’s an esports light in the future for Ubisoft’s hack …

Starting this week Twitch will be giving its Affiliates the chance to offer a subscription service and earn a cut of the revenue, similar to the deal Twitch Partners are currently offered.  Affiliates will be able to offer $4.99, $9.99 and $24.99 subscriptions, similar to the tiers offered to Partners. …

Garry Newman tweeted that over $4million has been refunded

One of the developers of breakout hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has seemingly left the door open for other console versions of the game. An Xbox port was confirmed at E3 and was described as a console exclusive. Speaking to VG247, however, executive producer Chang Han Kim said: We definitely do have …

PQube has teamed up with LA-based hardware development company Hyperkin to bring the SmartBoy mobile phone accessory to European retail through the Samsung Mobile Accessory Partnership Program. Priced at 59.99, the SmartBoy attaches to Android smartphones to turn them into handheld gaming devices, but it’s also compatible with NTSC and …

While the dust has largely settled regarding the disagreements over Steam’s refund policies, the extent of their impact has been illustrated by Garry Newman. The developer has revealed that his sometimes controversial survival sandbox Rust has revealed that the game has in total been refunded 329,970 times, which in total …

Headed by former Sony London Studio head, Dave Ranyard, the VR start up closes recent investment round

Virgin Media is to host the UK’s firstDestiny 2gameplay event next month in collaboration with Activision and Bungie, the internet service provider has announced. Taking place on July 17th and 18th at a secret central London locationjust before the official beta starts on PS4, Virgin Media Vivid Gamer customers will …

A new reports from IHS Markit has predicted that the Chinese video game success story is going to become even more important over the next few years. In 2016, the Chinese video game market was worth $25.6bn, and this is expected to grow to $29bn this year. This makes it …

Former PlayStation exec and Sony Studios president Phil Harrison has been named as one of the first investors in VR studio Dream Reality. The developer was founded last year by industry veteran and former Sony man Dave Ranyard. Alongside Harrison, the company has also secured investment from independent creative company …