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It took PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just three days on Steam’s Early Access to make $11m. It’s a nearly ridiculous amount of money, and suddenly all eyes are on the game, asking the important questions: what’s next for the game, and when can it be watched as a competitive event? Brendan Greene, …

John Broomhall talks with composer and audio director Kenneth Young about creating integral aural innovations for Secret Sorcery’s charming VR title

Tier One Entertainment, the Philippine’s first gaming and esports talent agency, has just secured foreign investment from recently founded BITKRAFT Esports Ventures. “We are fortunate that BITKRAFT has shown faith in the region” said esports veteran and Tier One co-founder Tryke Gutierrez as he announced the investment with his co-founder …

The VRWorks audio SDK is able to be integrated with Unreal Engine 4

Rebellion’s CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley details what we’re still learning about VR. Doing VR for Battlezone, we learnt a lot of things – some things we were doing right, but mainly things we were doing wrong. And, surprisingly, a lot of that fed back into the knowledge I picked …

This year’s awards are the biggest ever with new categories and new nominees, with the winners to be awarded on July 12th in Brighton

Ayoub, who has been working on the Halo franchise since 2009, joins Mixed Reality team

Microsoft’s push into the worlds of VR and AR is really gathering pace with the announcement of a new dedicated controller. The Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers are broadly similar to the Oculus Touch controllers in appearance, but also share traits with HTC’s Vive controllers. They are topped by ringed …

Major League Gaming has launched its esports platform GameBattles directly into Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, marking the first time the long-running GameBattles system has been directly integrated into a Call of Duty title. Players will be able to set up competitive ladder or tournament matches using a preset lobby …

Disgaea 5 Complete is set to sell over 110,000 units in the US and Europe when it launches on Switch on May 26th, but publisher NIS America has said it needs to work harder to improve the franchise’s standing in the UK. So far, the game has reached 36,000 pre-orders …