To celebrate the launch of wintry survival game The Long Dark, which leaves Steam’s Early Access today, developer Hinterland has announced it will be bringing the title to the big screen in the form of live-action film adaptation. The game, which is due to launch on PS4, Xbox One and …
Read More »Social VR platform AltspaceVR closes following lack of investment
Recent venture funding collapse spells the end for the VR company founded in 2013
Read More »Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene defends paid cosmetic crates in PUBG monthly update notes
Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’ Greene has taken to the update patch notes for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’ 4th monthly update to defend the team’s inclusion of a crate and key system. “While our intention was and still is to add the full (crate and key) feature to the game when we move into actual …
Read More »BT Sport partners with Gfinity to broadcast Elite Series tournament
BT Sport will air the Elite Series tournament games in the UK, following the announcement of a partnership with Gfinity. Starting today, BT Sport’s platforms will broadcast Gfinity’s popular tournament, held at the Gfinity Esports Arena in London, with weekly games until the weekend of finals from September 1st to …
Read More »EA to merge Motive Studios and Bioware Montreal
IGN reports that the two studios based in Montreal, Canada will combine following poor reception to Mass Effect: Andromeda
Read More »PlayStation sales rose 5.4% in Q1, but operating income dropped by 59.7%
Sony released its Q1 fiscal year 2017 results this morning and sales from its game and network services division rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 348.1bn. This was due to an increase in PS4 software sales and PS VR sales, but its growth was offset by the impact of the …
Read More »The Madison Square Garden Company acquires majority chunk of Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming has been sold to the Madison Square Garden Company, who have acquired a controlling stake in the company. Based in North America, CLG was founded in 2010 and has recently been in-form, notching up a series of impressive placements in CS:GO. They also have teams in League of …
Read More »GameSeek launches new online marketplace
Games retailer GameSeek has launched its new online marketplace. The news comes justtwo months after the retailer confirmed plans to relaunch its entire website from the ground up, and two weeks after plans to launch the UK’s first specialist marketplace for toys. The online marketplace, which is powered by Mirakl, …
Read More »OptiTrack adds full-body motion tracking to OptiTrackVR
Newest interations create the first automated all-in-one tracking solution for location based VR.
Read More »New mobile games awards for Women in Games at European Women in Games conference
Endorsed by IMGA, the two awards will be awarded at the conference on September 6th. Entries are open until August 20th
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