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Founder of Audiomotion joins as business development director

HTC Vive has finally brought its financing scheme to the UK, allowing would-be VR fans to get their hands on a Vive headset for under 35-per-month plus shipping, making it cheaper than a top-end smartphone contract. The contract, which lasts 24 months, offers 9.9 per cent APR representative financing (from …

The French government has passed legislation which will regulate professional esports player contracts within the country. The law should ensure some stability and protection for French esports athletes as the law limits all player contracts to a five-year maximum and 12-month minimum term. There are exceptions available for substitutions and …

Kuju has appointed Audiomotion founder Mick Morris as business development director. The 17-year industry veteran originally founded Audiomotion in 2003 and headed up the motion capture studio as managing director until 2016. More recently, Morris has been working in a consultancy capacity, and will continue to do so alongside his …

Publisher and developer Capcom has signed creative agency Bits + Pixels to work across its portfolio in Europe. It will be collaborating on various projects for brands such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter. London-based Bits + Pixels specialises in video games, and already includes Blizzard among its …

Valve’s immensely popular Half-Life 2 is heading to VR after a fan mod for the game was successfully Greenlit on Steam. The game, which has been in development since 2013, will be released on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, and will fully support motion controllers. Players will be …

Warner Bros and TT Games have announced a second title in the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes series. The pitch is pretty alluring: Iconic Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains from Different Eras and Realities Come Together for an All-New, Original Adventure.” The game will be based in the hub world …

Streets of Rage, Blazing Heroes, Full Auto, Panzer Dragoon, After Burner, Seaman, Virtua Cop – let your imaginations run wild. Sega has published a new ‘Road to 2020‘ roadmap in which it says that part of its strategy for creating titles that will become global hits” is to resurrect some …

The legal war between Bethesda owner ZeniMax and Oculus has stepped up yet another level. Polygon reports that new papers filed by ZeniMax now allege that former id Software execs John Carmack and Matt Hooper devised a mobile VR strategy that ultimately led to the creation of the Samsung Gear …

Esports in 2016 snagged $280m in ad spend from advertisers, with most of the money going towards influencer marketing, sponsorship and video. According to advertising magThe Drum, by 2021 this figure could end up exceeding $1bn in ad revenue as brands try to engage with the nascent industry, and appeal …