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EA and BioWare’s RPG sequel Mass Effect: Andromeda has unsurprisingly shot straight to the top of the UK Top 40 in its first week of sale in the UK. The game becomes the third biggest launch of the year behind Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Horizon Zero Dawn, although it can …

Facebook’s broadcasting and streaming feature, Facebook Live, is now available to use on desktop and laptop computers. For some time now the feature has only given users the ability to share live video content through their phones and mobile devices. Now, with the new changes to Facebook Live on PCs, …

Team ROCCAT has announced an exclusive partnership with German sports marketing company, Lagardère. Lagardère will support Team ROCCAT on ‘optimised marketing strategies’ and the ‘expansion of the team’s structure’ with the aim to work towards greater professionalism within the eSports scene. Lagardère already has a number of significant names from …

Sean Cleaver speaks to festival director, Michael French, about this years London Games Festival and an offer for Develop readers

Tencent managed 13% all by itself

A number of NBA teams have begun to discuss their enthusiasm and excitement for the NBA 2k eLeague, the eSports league based on the developer’s basketball title. “We are, like the rest of the marketplace, extraordinarily curious about the potential of eSports,” said Dave Hopkinson, Chief Commercial Officer at Maple …

Ligagame eSports, an eSports channel and organisation based in Indonesia, has announced it will be building an eSports arena in the country. Eddy Lim, Founder and CEO of Ligagame, discussed the plans while speaking to eSports Observer. He revealed that the eSports arena will be built in the country’s capital, …

Freeman has 15 years of games industry experience

Nioh’s success was never set in stone. The title’s chaotic development started back in 2004, but it only hit shelves this February. An even bigger surprise was director Fumihiko Yasuda’s assertion that the concept of the game had “remained the same throughout development.”  So how could a game whose life …

Released version will be full fat Outlast 2, no cuts, no Australia-specific version required