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Hot off the back of the digital release of its Game of the Year edition, Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch climbed 16 places in the UK charts last week, claiming the No.2 spot after a impressive 281 per cent rise in sales week-on-week. It still wasn’t enough to dislodge Injustice 2, however, …

MIDiA Research’s lead analyst for research on games and the mobile content economy Karol Severin shares his views on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass and how it will affect the future of the digital games subscription market. He can be reached @karel_kayo Xbox has announced that its subscription service, Game Pass, …

PCGamesN has appointed two new deputy editors: Ben Maxwell (pictured left) from Future Publishing’s Edge magazine, and Julian Benson (pictured right), also of Future Publishing, from Kotaku UK. Benson and Maxwell will be replacing existingdeputy editor Phil Iwaniuk, who is departing the publication to pursue an MA.Maxwell will be joining …

Events management company Zenway Productions has acquired esports organisation DeadlyKittens. The news broke when the company revealed on their Facebook page that they’d acquired an esports team. More specifically, they note that they’d acquired their ‘first’ esports team, making Zenway’s intentions clear. DeadlyKittens are best known for their efforts in …

Twitch and Bandai Namco Entertainment America have announced an exclusive partnership to create the Tekken World Tour. The multi-year deal will not only see Twitch become the exclusive broadcasting platform for the new competitive games league, but the livestreaming service will also manage Tekken 7’s league operations, circuit events and …

We speak with composer Joris de Man, composer/production duo The Flight and Guerrilla music supervisor Lucas van Tol.

When we think of industry-defining games, titles like Super Mario Bros., Tetris and Grand Theft Auto V immediately come to mind. No list would be complete, however, without the inclusion of Double Fine Adventure, the game that would eventually go on to be known as Broken Age and be responsible …

It’s a lovely day in sunny Britain, and if you’re not enjoying the outside for yourself, you can grab an ice lolly and watch the Tekken UK championship finals today, live from the MCM Comiccon in London’s Excel Arena. The show will be broadcast live on Twitch, meaning at 1pm …

Microsoft Beam is no more. Instead, the platform holder’s interactive livestreaming service will now be known as Mixer, marking the next step in the evolution of its Xbox-based Twitch rival. "Mixer represents our vision for the next generation of multiplayer – watching and participating alongside your friends in gameplay streaming …

Bandai Namco and Twitch have announced an “exclusive multi-year partnership” this Thursday which will see Bandai Namco’s newest iteration in the Tekken series exploding onto the esports scene with a $200,000 Tekken World Tour. The World Tour will feature bouts around the world, before the victors face off in a …