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Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his involvement in a football-related eSports project. Named efootball.pro, Piqué revealed the project on Twitter while asking for people who are passionate about football and eSports to “join us to create the future of football in eSports”. Piqué had already discussed his intention to …

Without any sort of forewarning, a VR game based on the Ghostbusters franchise has suddenly landed on PlayStation VR. The game is called Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring and will be released episodically. Its official site carries a link to the PSVR title and carries PSVR branding. However, the game also …

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eSports betting site Unikrn has announced the Rocket League will join its roster of titles in Australia. However, the game’s developer Psyonix has moved quickly to disassociate itself from the move, with VP of publishing Jeremy Dunham telling GameSpot that: "Psyonix is not affiliated with Unikrn, nor do we support …

Microsoft has announced yet another controller option for the Xbox One. Launching next month, the Recon Tech Special Edition is the first is a new Tech Series of Xbox controllers. It’s priced at $69.99 in the US, where it will arrive on April 25th. In developing this new controller series, …

" not many senators or senior public servants would know the difference between a ghoul and an alghoul, and so would find it hard to advance in the video game known as The Witcher."

A new colour has been added to the iPhone 7 lineup. Consumers are now able to buy the iPhone 7 in red, as well as the existing colours Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold and Rose Gold. As is often the way with red tech, it is being launched in conjunction …

Crowdfunding hit Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has scrapped its planned Wii U release. Instead, the game will now be coming to Switch alongside the previously announced versions for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Vita. This news may not be the most shocking in the world – after all, Zelda: …

Multi-game eSports organisation, Cloud 9, has confirmed the names of a number of recent investors in the team, including NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The full list of investors, which has been published over at Yahoo eSports, includes Tesla board directors Antonio Gracias, Kimbal …

The tournament organisers PGL have been chosen to host the next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major, with the live finals set to take place in the Tauron Arena in Krakow, Poland. Global qualifiers will run across multiple regions throughout June, before all 16 finalists convene in Poland to compete for a …