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Swedish publisher and distributor Starbreeze has signed an agreement with Otherside Entertainment to publish System Shock 3 on PC and other platforms. Starbreeze will pour $12m into the title, and it says it will be able to recoup 120 per cent of its full investment including marketing costs. Under the …

80 Days developer inkle has always focused on games experienced through stories. Will Freeman investigates how inkle is taking its work with narrative design one stage further with its next release

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Swedish CS:GO team Ninjas in Pyjamas have announced a roster change that will see Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi move to the bench and William "draken" Sundin join the team to take his place.  Draken joins the team from Epsilon eSports, where he had been the star of the young team. His …

Multiplay and Activision have released some of the finer details of their upcoming Call of Duty World League event that is set to take place at Insomnia 60 in Birmingham next month.  The open competition allows anyone to compete providing they purchase the correct ticket. Up to 96 teams will …

South by South West has announced the first details of the Fighters Underground tournament, that will take place at the event over in Texas.  The Street Fighter V competition will see some of the biggest names in the game invited to compete for a share of the $20,000 prize pool. …

Xie “Icon” Tianyu, the mid laner for Chinese League of Legends team Oh My God, has been banned from playing in the team’s next game.  The ban has been handed down after Icon decided to annoy the referee in his game against Game Talents. After throwing his headset Icon apparently …

After a major drought of European Overwatch tournaments finally a new one has been announced with a $15,000 prize pool.  The Overwatch Pit Championship is actually two different events, one for Europe and one for North America. The two regions will each have a $15,000 prize pool and there will …

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Soedesco has announced that its second new original IP will be published on PS4, Xbox One and PC later this year. Entitled AereA, the music-themed action RPG is being developed by the Netherlands-based Triangle Studios and it’s also the first game in the planned AereA series. The title will be …