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During the latest Nintendo Direct, which aired last night, it was revealed that Splatoon 2 will launch on the Nintendo Switch on July 21st.  The title was revealed earlier this year when the Switch itself was shown off properly for the first time, but no release date was mentioned. Now …

ESL has announced that it will launch its esportsTV channel on PlayStation Vue in the coming weeks. Before the end of the month the channel will launch on PlayStations TV service in the States, just in time for a live broadcast of the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney CS:GO event taking …

Gfinity has been named as the global tournament partner for Microsoft’s Forza Racing Championship.  The deal will see Gfinity organise and host the events in the competition, with the first event being the Forza Racing Championship 2017 New York Invitational Presented by Porsche. Wow that’s a long name. Anway, Gfinity …

Unity v5.6 comes with cool features for mobile game developers. Here's how to use ARM's MGD with the engine.

Hot on the heels of the confirmation that Porsche will feature in upcoming PS4 racer Gran Turismo Sport, developer Turn 10 has now confirmed the brand’s inclusion in the Forza series. The Microsoft studio has agreed a six-year deal to collaborate on a suite of co-branded initiatives for Porsche and …

What will later this year be released as Xbox Scorpio might have instead arrived in a different form last year, Microsoft has admitted. Around this time last year rumours were flying about mid-generation upgrades to both the PS4 and Xbox One. Sony went on to release the PS4 Pro but …

Xbox One and Windows 10 gamers may soon get the option to refund digital purchases. The functionality was first spotted by Xbox One alpha testers and posted to Reddit. It looks like it could operate in much the same way as Steam, where gamers can get a no questions asked …

New update notes 32-bit apps will soon be unsupported

Rebellion lead audio designer Nick D Brewer speaks quietly to Sean Cleaver about designing audio for stealth shooter Sniper Elite 4

Despite the decline in physical game sales causing problems for retailers such as GameStop, new data from Kantar Worldpanel shows a slight uptick in the sector in Q1 2017. UK physical game sales were up 0.5 per cent year-on-year for the 12 weeks ending March 12th. In contrast, physical music …