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The push to drive up subscriber numbers to the Twitch Prime service continues with news of a new giveaway. Members can until February 28th download tactical RPG The Banner Saga for free. Banner Saga 2, meanwhile, will be available to download between March 2nd-6th. Furthermore, Twitch Prime will donate $1 …

Ken Levine is among a number of former Irrational Games developers behind the formation of a new studio called Ghost Story. Other members include art director Shawn Robertson, senior animator Seth Kendall, associate producer Emma Clarkson, technical lead Jeremy Carson, executive director Don Roy, business and marketing director Jesse Kearns, …

David Gardner joins BAFTA, PQube hires Matthew Pellett and Mojang strengthens creative communications team. BAFTA appoints first VP of games General partner and co-founder of London Venture Partners David Gardner OBE has been appointed as the first vice president for games at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.  As …

The Nintendo Switch is now just one week away, and this week the press have been getting hands-on with the console. Interestingly, Eurogamer reports that the press machine includes messages from three important Nintendo figures – Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of Europe president Saturo Shibata and Zelda: …

ELEAGUE has announced that its next competition will feature Street Fighter V.  The ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational will see 32 of the best Street Fighter V players head to the ELEAGUE studio in Atlanta to battle it out for one of the larger prize pools in the game’s history.  …

Details on Blizzard’s Overwatch League have been thin on the ground so far, but thanks to an interview that Overwatch’s eSports global director, Nate Nanzer did in Korea we have a better idea of how it will work.  The interview, which was translated over on Reddit asked a number of …

Kotaku and Deadspin have announced the launch of Compete, an eSports focused spin off of both sites.  The new site will be headed up by new hires Eric Van Allen and Maddy Myers while other Kataku and Deadspin staff writers will also contribute along with some freelancers.  Gillette is currently …

BT Sport will broadcast the regional and global finals of the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship on its main channel.  The European, North American and Asia-Pacific regional finals, all of which take place in April and May will all be broadcast on BT Sport’s channels, although it is unknown if …

F.C. Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his plans to enter the world of eSports.  In an interview on Spanish radio Piqué said that he had only learnt of eSports in the last few months, but already was looking into options to enter the scene. Instead of looking to invest …

New studio looking "to create immersive, story-drive games for people who love games that ask something of them."