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Licensing agency Bits + Pixels have picked up the worldwide licensing rights to Danish indie studio Ultra Ultra’s upcoming game Echo. The third-person sci-fi adventure is due for release in Q3 this year on PS4 and Steam after being Greenlit on the latter in 2016. The game takes place in …

EA has revealed the title of its latest Need for Speed title, Need for Speed Payback – and it’s coming later this year on PS4, Xbox One and PC on November 10th. Developed by EA’s in-house studio Ghost Games, Payback is "about building the perfect ride, getting behind the wheel …

Extinction, a brand-new action title and IP from Iron Galaxy and Maximum Games, is coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC in Q1 next year. Featuring epic battles with huge ogre-like monsters, the title will be playable behind closed doors at this year’s E3, publisher Maximum Games has confirmed, so …

Kaj Head steps down after nearly a decade in charge of the Angry Birds creator

The makers of the upcoming action RPG Indivisible have announced a Nintendo Switch version is on the way in addition to its PS4, Xbox One and Steam releases. Published by 505 Games and developed by Skullgirls creator Lab Zero Games, the title was first announced back in 2015 and eventually …

Testronic's head of pre-production, Julian Mower, talks about the need to properly test VR, even if it isn't gaming

BAFTA is to honour League of Legends’ Riot Games with a Special Award at an event at The London West Hollywood on Monday June 12th over E3. The event is part of BAFTA’s growing global games strand in the USA and the award will be presented to Riot’s co-CEOs and …

New SDK allows users to track hand gestures for replication in virtual environments

Riot Games has announced that from 2018 the NA LCS will be a franchised league, with 10 organisations getting a near permanent spot in the competition. Over the next two weeks organisations can submit applications to become one of the 10 league franchises. They must detail things such as how …

With the Overwatch League looming teams have been dropping Overwatch teams all over the place. Now Rise Nation has become the latest org to drop it’s quad, creating quite the free agent talent pool. The team was never quite able to break into the top tier of North American teams, …