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IHS Markit has forecasted the Nintendo Switch will sell 4.4m units by the end of 2017, with the vast majority of buyers being either existing Nintendo console or handheld owners or general early adopters. That’s a slightly more conservative estimate compared to SuperData’s earlier report, which stated the research firm …

Hyper Light Drifter also wins big

Inside and Firewatch also big winners

We’ve seen plenty of surprise partnerships in the games industry over the years. Valve teamed up with phone maker HTC to create Vive, for example, and even the once staunchest of platform rivals, Nintendo and Sega, are now working side by side – except during the Olympics, of course.  But …

Could be a slow start due to initial launch line-up

Over at GDC Japanese mobile game developer Cygames announced that it has sponsored three of the biggest names in fighting games.  Cygames has quickly risen through the mobile game ranks in Japan, becoming one of the biggest publishers in the market. They now have so much disposable cash that they …

Twitch and Reddit are doing something a little different at South by South West this year.  The two companies have partnered in order to run an in person Ask Me Anything series, where tons of guests from all areas of South by South West will get on stage and answer …

The Esports Integrity Coalition has announced that it has signed an information sharing Memorandum of Understanding with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.  This deal means that the ESIC and NGCB will share information on on eSports bets and suspected match fixing, allowing both parties to assess the data to see …

FACEIT and Valve have announced the details of the open qualifiers for the Dota 2 Kiev Major.  FACEIT will be in charge of it all, including the new Champions Cup qualification tournament that sees Tier 8 Battle Cup winning teams invited to fight it out for a slot in the …

Stream.Me has announced that it is creating its own eSports team and the first signing is Carl “Perfect Legend” White.  Perfect Legend is a fighting game player who has won Evo four times in his career. Currently he is mainly playing Mortal Kombat X, although is expected to jump over …