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No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games has announced a new program designed to help fund and support indie projects from other studios. VentureBeat reports that Hello Labs will focus on procedurally generated titles – a method it employed to create the huge galaxy that featured in No Man’s Sky. For …

The Collegiate StarLeague has announced that its 2017 finals will take place in Toronto, Canada.  The 2017 North American Collegiate Grand Finals will be hosted at the Scotiabank Theatre in the heart of downtown Toronto. The event will run between May 12th and 14th with tickets expected to go on …

Psyonix has announced that Pepsi Co’s Brisk brand has joined the Rocket League Championship Series as a sponsor.  Brisk becomes a sponsor for Season 3 of the Rocket League Championship Series and according to a cryptic post from the developers “has a lot more exciting news for Rocket League fans …

The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the card game based on The Elder Scrolls universe, has officially launched on PC.  The game has been in beta for some time, but has now officially launched on PC meaning anyone can jump in and play. The game is available for free and can be …

Blizzard has announced a big boost to the competitive World of Warcraft scene with a massive $280,000 prize pool for the World Championships.  Warcraft Arena eSports has kept growing over recent years, with big name organisations such as Splyce entering the scene. This has seen the community grow significantly and …

Online eSports publication Gamurs is set to merge with Dot eSports next week.  The Gamurs company purchased Dot eSports late last year, retaining much of the editorial staff and rebranding it slightly, however the two sites have remained totally separate until now.  On March 15th gamurs.com will start to redirect …

Amazon Game Studios has named its new head – Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle. Castle will be a familiar name to RTS fans, having created the Command & Conquer series. We remained at Westwood after it was acquired by EA in the late ‘90s, heading up what became EA Blueprint. …

Id Software co-founder and Oculus Rift co-designer John Carmack is suing ZeniMax for allegedly missing payments. The legal situation between ZeniMax and Oculus is torrid, to say the last. ZeniMax was awarded $500m in damages last month over a trade-secrets breach, but has since gone on to try and halt …

Since the Nintendo Switch launch on March 3rd, not to mention all the smaller reveal events leading up to it, the Switch craze has taken ahold of the gaming world. Launch titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, 1-2-Switch and Just Dance 2017 are keeping plenty …

Tim Scott joins from London First, Games London gains Calvin and Thursten departs Future Publishing. Ukie appoints new head of public affairs Tim Scott has been revealed as the new head of public affairs at video games trade body Ukie. Part of Scott’s role will see him work with figures in …