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Monitor manufacturer AOC has been announced as the sponsor of the UK Masters CS:GO tournament, with the finals set to take place at Insomnia 60 next month.  The competition itself is already underway, with the best UK Counter-Strike teams battling it out online. The top four teams from this online …

Earlier today Gfinity released their interim financial statements for the period ended 31st December 2016 and it makes for some interesting reading.  Arguably the biggest news for the company is a big increase in revenue over the same period in 2015. In 2016 they made a total of £0.9 million, …

Gamescom tickets are now on sale at the Gamescom Ticket Shop. This year, Europe’s biggest games show runs from Tuesday August 22nd (or Wednesday 23rd for members of the public) until Saturday August 26th in Cologne, Germany, and for the first time ever a limited number of early bird day …

Blizzard has announced plans to revisit pioneering 1998 strategy title StarCraft. StarCraft: Remastered is described as a reverently crafted modernisation” of the classic title, and will boast 4K graphics. Also included will be expansion Brood War and all the trappings you’d expect from a modern title, including online matchmaking and …

Former Take-Two CEO and president "excited to be joining the Green Man Gaming team during an exciting period of growth and expansion in the business."

Warner Bros has partnered with Vive maker HTC for the creation of virtual reality content to accompany 2018’s Ready Player One film. The movie, which is being helmed by Steven Spielberg, is an adaptation of the Ernest Cline book of the same name. Cline has also co-written the screenplay. The …

Red Barrels Studios submitted build included "video file for reference taken from an alpha version of the game."

Bungie and Activision have gotten the ball rolling on Destiny 2. The game has now officially been announced via Twitter, although it will be of little surprise to those who saw the leaked promotional material that emerged online last week. That particular leak pointed to a release date on September …

Highway to the VR zone

Gfinity has announced that Rocket League will be the third and final game to be a part of its Challenger and Elite Series competitions.  Rocket League joins Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Street Fighter V as the games for the competition.  With all three games now know the Challenger Series can …