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UMG has announced a new $75,000 Halo competition due to take place in Florida this May.  The HCS Daytona by UMG tournament will take place at the Ocean Center Arena in Daytona Beach between May 12th and 14th, with $75,000 up for grabs in the main competition. To compliment this …

Hardware manufacturer and long time sponsor of the fighting games scene Mad Catz has filed for bankruptcy.  The company has been in financial difficulty for some time, mostly thanks to the failure of Rock Band 4, which Mad Catz published. Since then the company has let multiple staff go and …

Microsoft take a public step forward on mixed reality, hiring Hamren from Oculus

Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has again targeted Nintendo. This time the body is calling out 1-2 Switch in an effort to highlight the treatment of cows in the dairy industry. You’ve taken all the cruelty out of milking,” a PETA letter said, referencing the …

Crunch is still all too common in the games industry. Marie Dealessandri asks Partnership HR, Sony Interactive Entertainment London Studio, Real Time UK, Playtonic and Rare how they tackle the issue

Mad Catz ceases operation after NYSE delisting

The controversial Samsung Galaxy Note 7 might be making a surprise return to the market. The company has made a statement about how it intends to prevent the Note 7 debacle turning into an environmental disaster after third parties such as Greenpeace demanded to know what would become of the …

Almost a year on from its disruptive E3 trailer debut, We Happy Few is being made into a movie. Varierty reports that the film is being made by Pitch perfect producer Gold Circle Entertainment, in partnership with dj2 Entertainment and the game’s developer Compulsion Games. [dj2] approached us enthusiastically with …

The gamble that was Rock Band 4 has ended in the worst possible way for Mad Catz. Two years ago the video games world was taken by surprise when it was announced the longstanding peripherals specialist Mad Catz was to assume publishing duties on the rhythm action title’s comeback. Later …

For the second week on the trot EA and BioWare’s Mass Effect: Andromeda is the UK No.1. That equals the two week run of Mass Effect 2, and actually betters the one week Mass Effect 3 enjoyed at the top. Sales are down sharply, though, falling 78 per cent week-on-week. …