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Bandai Namco has banned two players from the Tekken 7 UK Championships following accusations that they colluded to throw a match. Kotaku reports that it has been alleged that Justin ‘King Jae’ Nelson conspired with Charmel ‘C-Krizzle’ Miedji Koloko in their third round match in last weekend’s Birmingham qualifier. The …

It looks like Assassin’s Creed is not be the only big IP returning this year. Developer Ghost Games has confirmed that its new Need for Speed title will be out by year end. The last console NFS title was 2015’s simply titled ‘Need for Speed’. Ghost has also confirmed that, …

The demand for Tegra processors increased revenue by 108 per cent

Danish esports organisations North and Singularity have got into a dust-up over the purchase of a player. Singularity claim that North, the esports branch of soccer team F.C. Copenhagen, didn’t pay the buyout for player Nicklas Gade. Gade joined North’s academy on April 12th, and Singularity owner Atle Stehouwer claims …

Full story on MCV details the recent stats on VR headset sales

Google’s Daydream View headset sales are set to jump to 2.23m in 2017, according to IHS Markit, but Samsung’s Gear VR is still on track to become the market leader this year with sales of 4.1m. This is a more conservative estimate than SuperData’s recent report, which pegs the Gear …

USC will create a course and gift will fund three years of industry based class curriculum.

It looks as if we now know the name and setting of the next Assassin’s Creed title. It’s called Assassin’s Creed: Origins and will be set in ancient Egypt, if reports are to be believed. The news comes from a couple of sources, both of which have since been confirmed …

Splyce has joined the ranks of major esports organisations to drop out of the Overwatch pro scene, with Splyce’s CEO Marty Strenczewilk announcing that Splyce is releasing their Overwatch roster and “taking a step back” from the scene. CompLexity, Denial and Red Reserve have all ditched their Overwatch teams over …

Back in June last year, MCV named its top titles from E3 2016. When it came to VR games, though, we faced a difficult decision: choosing between Capcom’s Resident Evil VII: Biohazard and Ubisoft’s Star Trek: Bridge Crew.  We chose the latter due to the unparalleled sense of being inside …