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The global games software market is expected to exceed $100bn in 2017, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting, with console game sales rising significantly toward the end of the year during Q4. The report estimates that over 20m physical Switch games will be sold this year, while Xbox …

Blizzard has revealed the finer details for the Overwatch Open Division, and it appears the company is throwing the doors open to anyone with a burning desire to compete. If you’re good enough. Qualifying for the Open Division is as simple as it gets. All you have to do is …

The OpenIV editor shuts down claiming it was "The day, when GTA modding was declared illegal."

“Penalties for boosting and throwing are about to increase dramatically.”  That’s the message from Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan, as he’s taken to the game’s forum to reveal the company’s distaste for practices that fiddle with the game’s internal metrics for ranking players.  Dot Esports spotted the post on Overwatch’s …

New game Pet Paradise to be promoted along with expansion

The community around PC Grand Theft Auto V modding tool Open IV is up in arms following its removal as a result of a cease and desist. The developers have pulled the software, claiming that Take-Two had threatened legal action. Open IV can no longer be downloaded and owners who …

The shortlist for BAFTA’s Young Game Designer competition is now online. Ten finalists have been selected for each of the four main categories, and the winners will be announced on July 8th at a special ceremony at BAFTA HQ in London. Now in its sixth edition, this year’s competition, which …

Developer Arkane has explained the motivations that saw it offer a playable female lead in its recent release Dishonored 2. Speaking to Anita Sarkeesian in an interview for Engadget, co-creative director Harvey Smith responded to criticism of the first game’s handling of female stereotypes. Your comment, which I’ll always remember …

Yahoo Esports is shutting its doors this Friday, on June 16th, as Verizon brings Yahoo and AOL together in a merger, mashing the two former internet giants together into a new company, Oath.  It seems that in the restructure, Yahoo Esports didn’t make the cut, with Travis Gafford writing: “Unfortunately, …

It looks as if the rumours that Beyond Good & Evil 2 will be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch were unfounded. Speaking on Instagram, of all places, the game’s creative director Michel Ancel said that the title was not a Switch exclusive as far as I know”. Admittedly this is …