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No other European studios will be affected

At almost every DreamHack event around the world there is a CS:GO open event, with top teams competing for a share of the prize money. Now in a significant boost to the circuit Astro has signed on as the title sponsor.  DreamHack ASTRO Open in 2017 will consist of nine …

The team behind Skyrim Script Extender has announced it is working on a new version of SKSE so that it’s compatible with the recently-released Skyrim: Special Edition. Mods have become an integral part of the Skyrim experience and most of them are built on the popular SKSE. It has thus …

Korean BBQ chain Genesis BBQ Chicken has purchased the ESC Ever LCK team.  The team played in the LCK Summer Split 2016 for the first time, establishing the ESC Ever name. However under the new deal the team will be known as BBQ Olivers. The team’s new logo is surely …

Swedish CS:GO team GODSENT have dropped out of the $1.5 million WESG tournament less than 24 hours before it was due to start.  The competition kicked off in the early hours of this morning, however it was only revealed late last night that the team would not be competing. GODSENT …

The format and groups for the 2017 EU LCS Spring Split have been announced, with the competition due to start next week.  The ten teams have been split into two groups of five. For the first three weeks teams will play against everyone in their group. Then for weeks four …

Two beloved indie creations are finally getting the mobile treatment. One of them is Edward McMillen’s The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which has finally landed on iOS yesterday. The Nicalis-published title is priced at 10.99, but doesn’t include expansions Afterbirth (which launched in late 2015) or Afterbirth+ (which released earlier …

She'll be working on mobile hit Subway Surfers

The headline news from games retail in 2016 is much the same as the year before – less money was made from video games software and hardware sales, but peripherals and accessories remain an area of growth. According to GfK Entertainment, 1.78bn was made from boxed games, hardware sales (not …