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The meteoric success of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is not happening in isolation – several games are suffering player declines in its wake. Chief among them seems to be Valve’s DOTA 2 which, as spotted by Game Debate, recently saw active players dip to its lowest number since 2014, falling to 214,155. That’s …

There were so many great UK-made games at Gamescom this year, but it fell to the staff of MCV to pick the winner of the UK Game of the Show award, which is organised by Ukie and presented to the best unpublished game on the show floor. We saw dozens …

Ligue 1 table-topper Paris Saint-Germain has confirmed its entry into the professional Rocket League esports scene. PSG’s three-person squad consists of Dan ‘Bluey’ Bluett, Thibault ‘Chausette45’ Grzesiak, and Victor ‘Ferra’ Francal, who readers may recognise as the former members of European esports outfit Frontline. The trio had previously qualified for …

After a successful period of testing, YouTube announced it was expanding its sponsorship programme last week, giving viewers the ability to purchase digital goods directly from creator channels and receive special perks in return for regular monthly payments toward the channel’s upkeep. It’s a move that’s very similar to recent …

Hannah Tovey, conference manager at NewBay Media (pictured right), talks about what’s in store for this year’s Future Games Summit. Three months ago, as part of my role as conference manager here at NewBay Media, I was asked to research content for a gaming conference – namely the Future Games …

The Oculus founder took to the HTC Vive stage at the show to tease his new endavour and praise HTC's approach to global markets

It's the third outing for the French studio who are responsible for the WRC licence, and a tumultous time in the sport only makes development more exciting. Sean Cleaver speaks to game director, Alain Jarniou, to find out more

The driving game genre, or more specifically the simulation-leaning, track-based racer, used to be major console fare. It was rare to find a gamer who didn’t at least dabble in improving their lap times by learning the corners. And while it rarely bothers the top-ten titles of the year anymore, …

It was not that long ago that people were laughing at the suggestion that PUBG could catch Dota 2 in the concurrent players race on Steam. Bluehole’s game, of course, went on to do just that. It has since gone on to become a regular feature at the top of …

Esports and video game broadcaster Level Up Media has launched a new channel for premium video games footage. TheGamer.TV will apparently live alongside Level Up’s esports-centric Dingit.TV and is being pitched as “the world’s first dedicated destination for audiences seeking the latest and greatest premium videos from blockbuster franchises like …