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We already know that 2016 was not the best year ever for the UK games market. But there’s one category within gaming that still provides growth: merchandise.  GAME said in its 2016 financial report that although sales declined in the year, licensed merchandise was up 70 per cent year-on-year.  But …

Patent talks about device emitting beams and wireless connection to PS4

Nintendo has announced it will be releasing a season pass for Switch launch title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is the first time DLC will be available for the main Legend of Zelda series, and it will be available for both the Switch and Wii U …

Multiplayer historical combat game, For Honor, has just been released. We speak to audio director Nicholas Duveau about how the games sounds are made

FaZe Clan paid a massive $500,000 to mousesports in order to sign Nikola “NiKo” Kovac according to a report.  Dot eSports reports that sources close to the deal are touting the $500,000 transfer fee, making it the largest transfer deal in CS:GO history that we know of. The previous record …

Paradox Interactive has released its end of year report for 2016 and the Swedish games publisher is in rude health. Revenue for Q4 increased by 56 per cent year-on-year, reaching 198.4m Swedish Krona [17.8m], while operating profit for Q4 increased by 96 per cent year-on-year, reaching 85.9m Swedish Krona [7.7m]. …

A Russian investment firm known as Strongbow Investments has purchased the M19 League of Legends team.  The squad was previously known as Albus NoX Luna and managed to place in the top eight at Worlds last year, becoming the best performing wildcard region team ever.  This new investment sees them …

ESL UK and Varsity Games have announced Derby Series Leicester, a university team show match that gives students a chance to do everything.  The event will see Leicester University face off against De Montfort University in League of Legends, but the real interesting part of this is that students will …

Maker Studios, a division of Disney, has severed ties with YouTuber PewDiePie after he posted a video with anti-Semitic remarks. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, who contacted Disney yesterday about the video in question. The video was originally posted on January 11th, and featured two men laughing as …

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