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For Honor is a medieval combat game. With not a gun in sight, it immediately stands out amongst the usual multiplayer offerings. But that’s not what’s really interesting about Ubisoft’s brand new IP. Instead, here’s a game that’s been designed from the ground up for long-term competitive play, with serious …

Forza Horizon 3 has sold over 2.5m units and the Forza franchise as a whole has made over $1bn in retail sales worldwide, Microsoft announced this afternoon. The Xbox One-exclusive racing series met its respective milestones in December 2016, Turn 10 Studios Studio Head Alan Hartman stated on Microsoft’s Xbox …

All studios start out small, but only one became Supermassive. Jem Alexander investigates the developer’s early days, how they compare to recently formed companies and what aspiring studio founders should know before they go about starting a business.

Nintendo has been grabbling with the price of the Switch ever since it announced it would cost 279 in the UK back in January. At this price, the console is more expensive than both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it doesn’t have the added bonus of coming with …

Kuju has announced it will be adding new virtual and augmented reality services to the company, as well as ramping up its work-for-hire division. Under the leadership of former SIEE London Studio producer Brynley Gibson, Kuju will be expanding its VR and AR projects to help brands and enterprises beyond …

Stunlock Studios have announced the Enter the Arena Battlerite tournament, a $10,000 competition that will be hosted by Beyond the Summit.  A series of open and closed qualifiers will decide eight of the teams that make it to the main competition, with the first matches kicking off later this week. …

Switch director and general manager Shinya Takahashi has defended Nintendo’s decision to keep Switch launch title 1-2-Switch as a separate piece of software rather than tie-in bundle title. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, he said the quality of the title was good enough for it to stand apart …

Bookmaker William Hill has announced that it will be taking bets on DreamHack Masters Las Vegas in Nevada this week.  William Hill’s Las Vegas division has already announced odds for the overall winner, with Astralis coming in as favourites at 3/1. Virtus pro come in a 7/2 while NaVi are …

Valve has announced it will be replacing its Steam Greenlight service with a new distribution system known as Steam Direct this spring. Steam Direct will completely replace Steam Greenlight, but Valve has said it will still allow Greenlight titles to be added up to two weeks before Steam Direct goes …

Chris “Dubby” McFarland, the winner of the Madden Bowl competition, has been fined $3,000 by EA for inappropriate tweets.  During and immediately after the competition McFarland posted a number of Tweets, which have since been removed, that EA deemed to be unacceptable. As a result they have fined the played …