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Beyond the Summit have announced that they will host the Smash Summit 4 between March 2nd and 5th.  The event will once again take place at the BTS house in California and will feature 16 of the best Smash Melee players in the world. Players will be competing for a …

Despite major publishers trying to crack down on gambling around their games, this sector has become one worth billions. According to a new report by ESPN – citing research from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming and Narus Advisors – in the region of $5bn was made from in-game gambling for Valve’s …

Jaryd "summit1g" Lazar, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, has announced that he will return to competitive CS:GO in the next season.  Mythic will be his team of choice, joining former member of Team Liquid Eric "adreN" Hoag and former Winterfox player Alexander "LeX" Deily. They aren’t yet …

The list of confirmed Switch games is getting bigger, as Traveller’s Tale has announced that LEGO Worlds will be releasing on Nintendo’s new console. Head of design Arthur Parsons announced it on Twitter, after he was asked by another user what were the LEGO plans for the Switch. Parsons answered: …

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The first wave of Microsoft’s Creators Update has begun rolling out to members of the Xbox Insider Program, the company announced yesterday. Chief among them is the new Copilot feature that will help make the console more accessible to players with disabilities. The Copilot feature allows two controllers to act …

Digital Bros, the Italian owner of 505 Games, has purchased the developer behind sim racing game Assetto Corsa, Kunos Simulazioni, for 3.7m. 2.36m of that figure is cash; half that amount is being paid now, with the rest coming in one year’s time. Meanwhile, the additional 1.37m is being paid …

Indie studio Chucklefish has announced that Starbound has reached a new milestone, having sold more than 2.5 million copies over the Christmas break, six months after it officially launch. The title previously spent two and a half years in Early Access, so there’s a good chance this figure also includes …

The Call of Duty World League’s Pro Division will start on April 20th according to a press release from Activision.  The press release, which was sent out to give further details on MLG Dallas, also revealed the start date for the LAN league, which was previously unknown.  “The CWL Dallas …

Despite reports doing the rounds prior to its reveal, and it being in fact confirmed by Nintendo, we still don’t know much about the touch screen functionality of Switch. But now we have had our first look at how this is handled thanks to footage captured by All Games Beta …