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A new report published by SuperData revealed that the virtual reality industry made $1.8bn (1.44bn) in revenue in 2016, with 6.3m devices shipped throughout the course of the year. Of these units, 4.51m were Samsung Gear VR headsets, making it the most-shipped headset of 2016. Sony’s PlayStation VR came in …

Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 is once again No.1 in the UK charts. The title saw a respectable 68 per cent dip in sales in its second week on shelves. GfK says that one more week at the top of the charts will see the title match the series’ longest run …

Odgers Berndtson, one of the largest executive search firms in the world, has entered the world of eSports.  Its new eSports division can help you find an executive or board member for any eSports related business, such as leagues, teams, sponsors and games publishers. The new team will work out …

Starbreeze has signed a publishing deal with Double Fine for Psychonauts 2, the company announced this morning. Starbreeze will be investing $8m to bring the game to PC and console via digital distribution. Psychonauts 2 was successfully funded through crowd-funding last year on Fig, and Starbreeze says it will be …

Fnatic has announced that it has traded Joakim “disco doplan” Gidetun and Simon “twist” Eliasson to GODSENT and will get Jesper “JW” Wecksell, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist in return.  This means that the Major winning team from late 2015 and early 2016 is now back on Fnatic. For a long time …

Valve has removed Dust2 from the active map pool in CS:GO, meaning it will no longer be played at a pro level.  The latest patch to CS:GO has re added Inferno to the active map pool, after almost a year out of rotation that involved a significant rework. It’s addition …

Nintendo has announced it’s bringing the Switch to three UK cities before its official launch on March 3rd. This month, would-be Switch players will be able to go hands on with Nintendo’s new console between February 10th and February 26th in London, Birmingham and Manchester. You can see the full …

Property Week has reported that HMV is to close its flagship store on Oxford Street after the building’s landlords have allegedly commenced negotiations to surrender the lease through agents at Savills. However, MCV has learned that there is "no agreement in place" to close the Oxford Street store, according to …

The PS4 will soon support external hard drives, Sony announced today. In the console’s next 4.50 software update (code-named Sasuke), Sony said PS4 users will be able to upgrade their machine’s storage even further by plugging in a USB 3.0 HDD. The update will allow for external HDDs up to …

Blizzard has announced the Hearthstone Global Games, a team based competition with $300,000 on the line.  48 nations will compete in the event, each fielding a team of four players from that country. Teams will play best of five matches against other nations online, with each player bringing two decks …