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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 …

Time Warner has released its Q4 financial earnings for the full year ended December 31st 2016. While the company’s overall revenue increased 4 per cent to $29.3bn, its video game revenue was "essentially flat", hitting $13bn. Theatrical and television revenues were higher this year, says Time Warner, but this figure …

15,000 tickets will go on sale to members of the public

E3 is to open its doors to the public for the first time in its 22-year history, event organisers the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today. 15,000 tickets will be available for the event, with tickets going on sale on Monday February 13th. Tickets will be priced at $250, but …

Several key members of VR Worlds development band together to form new VR studio