This season sees the release of many games with names we know and love, but Sean Cleaver wonders why games receive less criticism for the constant remasters and reboots than Hollywood does.
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LightSpeed Studios announced as sponsor of the Player’s Choice Award – NOW OPEN TO VOTE!
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Overwatch Pro dropped by team over racist streaming outburst
The career of top Overwatch player Matt ‘Dellor’ Vaughn appears to be over after he was caught delivering a racist tirade while streaming. Kotaku reports that Vaughn became frustrated during a match and let rip with a half minute long outburst where he repeatedly said the N-word. It seems that …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S8 breaks S7 records
It appears that Samsung has not been badly damaged by the Galaxy Note 7 scandal. Analysts had speculated that the Korean tech giant may find it hard to recover from the infamous recall of last year’s Note 7, which was recalled after some handsets burst into flames. It was later …
Read More »Ian Livingstone tells Sumo Digital’s great British success story
Ian Livingstone is a man with many titles. He’s co-creator of Fighting Fantasy, co-founder of Games Workshop, GamesAid trustee, life president of Eidos, vice chair of Ukie, and many more, lots more than we have space to list here at least. But as we meet, he’s here as the chairman …
Read More »FIFA 17 tops SuperData March UK Digital charts
EA’s FIFA 17 was the highest grossing console game digitally in the UK last month. SuperData’s March 2017 chart has the football sim way out front in the listings, with digital revenues of 7.38m. Next up was the current physical charts No.1, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, with digital console revenues …
Read More »BurNIng’s Anti-Mage performance at Kiev Major is third highest GPM in competitive Dota 2
Chinese Dota 2 hero Xu Zhilei, better known by his handle BurNIng, yesterday showed why he was amongst the most famous players in the region after a Kiev Major group stage performance with his signature hero Anti-Mage. Zhilei’s carry performance as Anti-Mage in the second game of a series against …
Read More »Platinum drops Vanquish PC hint
Those who were hoping the recent release of Bayonetta on PC might be the start of a trend could be in for some good news. The Platinum Games action title made a surprise release on Steam earlier this month. Now an update to Bayonetta has dropped a Vanquish avatar into …
Read More »Sold Out to bring Frontier’s Planet Coaster and Elite Dangerous to retail
Sold Out is to partner with Frontier Developments to bring Planet Coaster and Elite Dangerous: Legendary Edition to retail. The boxed version of Planet Coaster will launch on May 23rd, while the boxed edition of Elite Dangerous will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One later this year. Planet Coaster first …
Read More »Develop:Brighton announces Tetsuya Mizuguchi career retrospective talk
The 27 year career will be summed up with the aid of EDGE editor Nathan Brown at this years conference.
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick schedule promises Nier Automata, Halo and The Lion King
The schedule for Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) has been announced, with speedrunning fans able to take a quick look at the schedule for the marathon event. Speedrunners from around the globe come to SGDQ to show off their skills, with viewers making donations to Doctors Without Borders and have …
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.
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