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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 …

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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 …

“My FQA testers can finish this game in 18 hours, so three days should be enough for a thorough localisation QA pass, right?” Testronic’s Head of LQA Edd Buffery discusses the challenges facing localisation specialists…

HTC Vive has announced the second wave of companies to join its global accelerator program, Vive X. Over 30 new companies will receive funding and support to help grow the VR and AR ecosystems even further, spanning businesses across San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei. The Vive X program, which …

It might continue to be hard to find Switch consoles on the High Street for the rest of the year, retailer GameStop has predicted. VentureBeat reports that despite strong demand, the retailer says that any potential Switch success has not influenced its financial forecasts as it cannot be sure how …

The finals of the ESL Go4Splatoon Europe competition are set to take place this weekend in Paris, France.  The competition has been running for the past six months, with the best Splatoon teams from across Europe battling online for a shot at the finals. Now only four teams remain, with …

After a difficult season one of the biggest names in League of Legends, or even all of eSports for that matter, has been relegated from the North American LCS.  Team Liquid ended the regular season with a record of five wins and 13 losses, putting them in ninth place out …

Super Evil Megacorp has announced that it is bringing the Spring Season Championship to the O2 Arena in London.  The event will see the top six teams from Europe and the top six teams from North America compete in both regional and inter regional matches to decide who the best …