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GAME has announced the details of its first grassroots eSports competition that will take place in its new BELONG Arenas.  The competition will be a Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tournament with a £1,000 prize pool. Qualifying rounds will determine the best teams from each of the participating stores, which …

Slowly but surely details are starting to leak about the Overwatch League, and the most recent news is somewhat worrying, as Blizzard is looking for teams to put down millions of dollars.  A report from Sports Business Daily that cites anonymous sources, states that Blizzard is looking for teams to …

Team Secret has announced some organisation changes that sees a new CEO come in to take the helm.  Former director of Team Secret Kemal Sadikoglu, has left the organisation and will no longer be working with them in any capacity. To replace him the organisation has brought in John Yao …

A company that created and sold bots and scripts that allowed players to cheat at League of Legends has suffered a major defeat to developer Riot in the courts. LeagueSharp sold a number of subscriptions starting from just $15 a month that allowed players to quickly level characters without actually …

Gfinity has finally announced the first details of its Challenger and Elite Series after announcing the competition at the end of 2016.  We now know that there will be three games involved, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive being the first one announced. The other two games will be announced in the …

A disc version of Red Barrels’ Outlast Trinity is heading to retail worldwide courtesy of Warner Bros. Outlast Trinity includes the original Outlast, sequel Outlast 2 and DLC release Outlast Trinity in a single SKU. It’s due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC on April 28th alongside the release …

A teardown of the Switch Joy Con hardware by YouTuber Jon Downey seems to suggest that the problems some are experiencing with the left controller are due to a design limitation. The machine has since even before launch been dogged by complaints regarding the signal strength of its left Joy …

Nintendo has said that its new Switch console has sold more in its first two days in the US than any other machine in the platform holder’s history. New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield has word from Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime that Switch has beaten the US record …

Studio to be renamed Creative Assembly Sofia

Sega Europe and Creative Assembly have acquired Crytek’s former Black Sea studio to create a brand-new facility known as Creative Assembly Sofia, the publisher has announced today. The 60-strong Bulgaria-based development team will be developing new titles in addition to Creative Assembly’s currently unannounced slate of games for 2017 and …