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British free-to-play mobile studio Hutch has raised $5.5m of investment, the company confirmed today. The investment was co-led by Index Ventures and Backed VC and comes just after the release of Hutch’s licensed Mattel title, Hot Wheels: Race Off. Since it launched last Christmas, Hot Wheels: Race Off has attracted …

Capcom has announced that to kick off the Capcom Pro Tour in 2017 it will hold a massive party that will see top pros compete in show matches and the launch of Lupe Fiasco’s new album.  The party will take place on February 17th in San Francisco, and will see …

South Korean Overwatch team Lunatic-Hai has suspended both Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "Leetaejun" Tae-jun for developing online relationships with female fans.  The two were starting members in the team, but have been benched for the rest of the OGN Apex Season Two competition after the discovery was made by …

ESL has announced ESL One Hamburg as the replacement to its annual ESL One Frankfurt event.  The yearly German Dota 2 event has been held in Frankfurt for the past three years usually around June. This year however the even is making the switch to Hamburg and will take place …

Headset and other accessory maker Turtle Beach has partnered with custom apparel company Electronic Gamers’ League (EGL) to make a new eSports backpack. The FLYTE is a eSports backpack that “has everything you need to take your gaming lifestyle wherever you go,” according to the official press release, and it …

Scottish digital entertainment group Blazing Griffin has just completed its Series A round of venture capital financing, the company announced today, raising a total of 5m led by private investors and matched by the Scottish Investment Bank. Blazing Griffin says the funds will be used to help support its continued …

From a potential sequel through to independent project and finally successful game, Sean Cleaver talks to Techland’s Tymon Smektala about the storied production of Dying Light

UPDATED: After confirming a number of studio closures at the end of last year, Crytek has now confirmed that it will also be scaling down its Frankfurt office, resulting in a further 15 employees being let go. In a pre-prepared statement, Crytek said the changes will also affect the publishing …

The studio, which helped to make Snapmap on Doom, are working with other Zenimax studios.

Bethesda Softworks’ parent company ZeniMax Media has announced it’s acquired Escalation Studios, the team responsible for 2016’s Doom SnapMap editor. The Dallas-based studio was founded in 2007 by industry veterans Tom Mustaine and Marc Tardif, and has since been involved with the creation of Disney Infinity’s Toy Box for mobile …