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Capcom’s new Resident Evil title is once again No.1 in Japan according to market data from Famitsu. The game saw a 82 per cent decline in sale in its second week on shelves, with 42,165 units shifted. The horror title still charted ahead of Pokmon Sun and Moon, which sold …

After a close charity fundraising campaign to decide the final game to be played at Evo 2017 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has come out on top.  The fighter, which is set to be replaced by the end of the year, raised $71,690 for Make-a-Wish International during the drive, where …

Producer Adi Shankar, who previously worked on movies Dredd and Lone Survivor, has revealed he’s working on a Castlevania series for Netflix, which, according to him, will be the western world’s first good video game adaptation” (see original Facebook post below). The first season will launch this year, with season …

Entries are now open for Women in Games Awards 2017, with a deadline of March 10th 2017 for nominations. This year we will once again kick off our campaign to recognise the achievements of Women in the UK Games Industry. 2017 will see us recognising the plethora of female talent …

Publisher Take-Two Interactive and the NBA have announced a new partnership that will see the two create an eSports league for the NBA 2K series. According to ESPN the NBA 2K eLeague will start next year, with NBA teams fielding five player rosters for the season. The aim is for …

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has given some insight into the company’s new mobile business. In an extensive interview with TIME, the exec says that its latest mobile release, Fire Emblem Heroes, has generated $5m in its first week on digital storefronts. If reports from Sensor Tower are to be believed,$2.9m …

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment subsidiary TT Games has acquired UK mobile games company Playdemic to help bring new kinds of LEGO titles to smartphones. The Manchester-based studio has previously been responsible for mobile titles such as Golf Clash and Village Life, with the former becoming a top grossing title in …

Football club Schalke 04 continues to grow its roster of eSports talent, this time by signing German PES champion Lennart “LENNAO” Albrecht.  LENNAO won the German championship back in 2016 and has been a top PES player for years. This year his main goal is to make it to the …

Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that it plans to invest over $2.5 million into its eSports programs this year.  The blog post in which the studio detailed its plans for this year revealed that the company will be supporting all levels of competition with the funds. Over one million …

Former Sony London Studio head David Ranyard has formed a new, independent VR studio, Dream Reality Interactive.Based in Farringdon, London, the studio will focus on the development of virtual reality games and experiences. Ranyard, who has previously worked on titles including Singstar, Wonderbook: Book of Spells and VR Worlds for …