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One of the UK’s biggest fighting game events has brought in some pretty big sponsors.  Hypespotting 6 is due to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 15th and 16th. The event will feature some of the best fighting game players in the world competing in titles such as Street …

American insurance company GEICO has renewed its sponsorship of ELEAGUE, after a successful first year working together.  GEICO was one of the first non-endemic brands to sponsor Tuner’s eSports competitions, and was featured heavily during all of the different events that ELEAGUE ran over the past 12 months.  While there …

Scuf Gaming has revealed two new PS4 controllers, one of which implements four paddles for the first time on the console.  The two new controllers are known as the SCUF IMPACT and SCUF Infinity4PS PRO. Both controllers feature the innards of the new PS4 controller, including improved wired connectivity options.  …

SK Gaming has signed another big non endemic sponsor in the form of smartphone manufacturer Honor.  The deal sees Honor become the exclusive smartphone partner of SK, marking the company’s first venture into the world of eSports. There will also be all the usual perks of such a deal such …

Monster Hunter XX claimed its third No.1 in Japan last week, shifting another 121,847 units, according to the latest data from Famitsu. Sales dropped 52 per cent last week, but the title has now sold nearly 1.4m copies – an impressive feat after just 16 days on shelves. Koei Tecmo …

A Machine Zone YouTube for smartphone game Mobile Strike must not be shown again, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled. The ad, which can be seen below, features three women in bikinis playing the game and… well, that is actually more or less it. The ASA received a complaint from …

FIFA 17 has once again topped the UK digital Top Ten, making a huge 7.59m in February, according to SuperData. Sales were down over 15 per cent compared to January for EA’s football behemoth, but it still made almost twice as much revenue as February’s No.2, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto …

Palmer Luckey’s seemingly sudden departure from Oculus was a long time coming,” according to SuperData’s VP of research and strategy and head of VR/AR strategy Stephanie Llamas, after his role had become increasingly redundant” in the wake of Oculus’ lawsuit with ZeniMax. Oculus is failing compared to its competitors and …

Developer BioWare continues to apologise for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Having yesterday laid down a road map for ongoing changes to the game that will be rolled out over the next two months, the studio has now directly addressed criticism of the game’s handling of transgender character Hainly Abrams is depicted …

Nintendo is taking the same approach to digital publishing as its mobile and PC rivals, SteamWorld Dig 2 developer Image & Form has told MCV, making its new console as easy to develop for as the PS4 and Xbox One. With the Wii U and 3DS, [Nintendo] started to realise …