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Breakout PC hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has hit a new sales milestone on Steam. The game, which released at the end of March, has now hit 2m Early Access sales. This follows the news that it reached 1m sales after just 16 days on sale. PUBG drops 100 players onto an …

The Australian Football League (AFL), the premier league of Australian rules football, is keenly eying esports events and looking to make a big investment in the space. This push means that Australian esports fans could find themselves attending events at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium. The AFL’s Darren Birch told WAtoday, who …

The next title from Quantum Break developer Remedy Entertainment will be published by 505 Games. 505 has secured a 20 year rights deal that will see it invest €7.75m into the Finnish studio. In return, 505 gets 45 per cent royalties on net sales. The new game itself has not …

The performance problems that hit some PC players of Dishonored 2 have left developer Arkane more determined than ever to make sure that this week’s release of Prey goes smoothly. I keep on hearing ‘oh they’re going to screw up the PC port’ [but] there is no PC port. We …

The sensitivity about mature content on YouTube is leaving many who specialise in violent games out of pocket. Kotaku reports that Call of Duty: WWII is already proving problematic for content makers as its themes – war, violence, and presumably most pointedly, Nazis – do not play well with the …

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Investment fund to focus on games with an aim to help developers bring titles to the market.

Sullivan leaves Ghost Games EA and Need for Speed franchise for Orange County

Amazon Game Studios newest hire talks new technology and swapping snow for sun

New blog announced first project, Röki by the former Guerrllia art directors