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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 …

Rocket League has surpassed more than 25m players, developer Psyonix has announced. The news comes just days after Sony named it as the best-selling game on the PlayStation Store in 2016. According to Psyonix, over 1bn games have been played since the game launched in July 2015. Of those 1bn …

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy titles will be getting two more Ubicollectible figurines, the company announced today. Both figurines will be arriving in March. One Ubicollectible is lined up for Tom Clancy’s The Division, while the other will be tied to Ubisoft’s upcoming open world game, Ghost Recon Wildlands. Each one is …

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A demo for Bandai Namco’s upcoming RPG Tales of Berseria is now available to download on PS4 and PC, the company has announced. The demo landed yesterday and can be downloaded directly from the game’s respective Steam and PlayStation Network pages. Players who pre-order the game afterwards will also receive …

Two of the most well known League of Legends casters in the world will no longer cover the game.  Both Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Erik "DoA" Lonnquist have announced that they will not return to casting the Korean League of Legends competition League Champions Korea.  Over the last few years …

Twitch has announced that its annual event, TwitchCon, will move to Long Beach, California for 2017.  The event will now be held at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center between October 20th and 22nd. The first two events were held in San Francisco, however the costs of San Fran …

Players who were hoping for a 2017 release for Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts III may be disappointed. Speaking to Famitsu, director Tetsuya Nomura gave an update on the development status for both titles and apparently they won’t be launching anytime soon. We’re steadily progressing on …