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Sony’s Game and Network Services division announced its third-quarter results today, for the key trading period up to the 31st of December. Sales for the division were up by 5.2% year-on-year to $5.3bn, though that amounted to an impressive rise of 15% on a constant currency basis. Shifting exchange rates …

The European Commission has announced it will be launching an investigation into the bilateral agreements concluded between Valve and five PC game publishers over a suspected breach in EU antitrust rules. The Commission says it wants to investigate whether these companies are preventing consumers from purchasing digital content due to …

Hajime Tabata has once again expressed great interest in potentially bringing Final Fantasy XV to PC. Speaking to Famitsu (as translated by Gematsu), Tabata said he was keen to bring the game to PC so he could introduce PC-exclusive content such as mods and user-generated quests. I’d like to release …

The ZeniMax vs Oculus trial is coming to an end as the jury awarded ZeniMax $500m (around 394m) after they found Oculus violated a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). ZeniMax initially asked for $4bn ($2bn in compensation and $2bn in damages) but the jury decided against it as Oculus was found not …

ESL has announced that it has hired former Fox Sports exec and one of the people behind the Championship Gaming Series, David Hill. Hill said this his role will be to “make gaming [TV] network-ready, because we firmly believe the next big thing in entertainment is video gaming,” when speaking …

Capcom’s new survival horror game has infected the Japanese Top Ten and gone straight to the top. That’s according to market data supplied by Famitsu, which indicates that the PS4 version of Resident Evil 7 went to No.1, selling 231,188 units in its first week on sale. The title charted …

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 …