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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 …

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series is built on ‘what if?’ scenarios. For example, what if Russia was taken over by nationalist extremists who wanted to rebuild the Soviet Union? What if those same nationalists then wanted to team up with an Ethiopian colonel to invade Eritrea?  Those were the …

Looking to hire 30 staff for its new Pune office

After gamers saw first teaser it was like "being fired into the sun with the skin burning from our faces."

The much-discussed issue with the wireless connectivity of the Switch’s left Joy Con controller has finally been acknowledged by Nintendo. The problem was raised ahead of the console’s launch last week by a handful of reviewers. Those who were affected found that the signal from the left Joy Con controller …