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There has been a big consolidation in the Eastern European video games distribution sector. Serbian outfit Iris-Mega, which is based in Belgrade, has agreed to acquire Slovenian rival Videotop Skupina, which is based in Maribor. Iris-Mega, which has been operating since the ’90s, recently acquired IT distributor PC Centar in …

Following the almighty fuss last year over claims that Battleborn was going free-to-play, Battleborn has gone free-to-play. Except developer Gearbox isn’t calling it that. Instead, the studio is doggedly referring to it as a free trial”, despite that fact that the model sounds exactly like free-to-play. Starting today players can …

Mountain Dew has announced partnerships with Team Dignitas, Splyce and Team SK Gaming. The partnership will see the esports organisations providing exclusive content and streams over at Mountain Dew’s Twitch channel. “We are excited to expand our support of esports through these partnerships with three world-class teams,” says Manos Spanos, …

Worldwide video game revenue will reach $29bn by 2021, according to PwC’s latest global entertainment and media outlook report, which is more than double the revenue made in 2012 ($14bn). PwC says PC games will experience a healthier growth than their console counterparts, partly thanks to therise of eSports, which …

Mobile studio Sybo Games has appointed King’s former head of studio Daniel Persson as its new head of games. In his new role, Persson will play a key role in Sybo’s future growth as a studio, as well as concentrate on game production. He will also be contributing to the …

Follows Chet Faliszek, Erik Wolpaw and Marc Laidlaw out of the company

After many months of store changes, the publishing platform also ends Greenlight submissions

Daniel Persson comes on board from the Candy Crush developer

Ninja Theory’s upcoming action title Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice has been dated for August 8th, the developer announced today, with pricing confirmed at 24.99 on PS4 and PC. That might sound comparatively cheap to other triple-A-style titles, but Ninja Theory’s Dominic Matthews said the studio’s aim has been to "bring back …

A revamped version of the Wii U’s Pokken Tournament is heading to the Switch later this year on September 22nd, Nintendo announced today. Pokken Tournament DX will include all content from the Wii U and arcade versions of the title, as well as a number of new features to entice …