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Sony has announced a new colour variation for its PlayStation 4 Slim – which has now become the standard version of the console. Called ‘Glacier White’, this new variation will launch in Europe, Japan and Asia starting later this month. Europe will be the first region to get this new …

Counter Logic Gaming has signed three top Hearthstone players, seemingly in an attempt to play in the new ESL League.  Sebastian "Xixo" Bentert, Frederik "Hoej" Nielsen and Kim "Surrender" Jung-soo are the new CLG Hearthstone roster, and were all formerly a part of NaVi.  NaVi dropped its entire roster late …

He leaves Austin-based developer Certain Affinity

PlayStation store charts for 2016 put Rocket League out on top

Multiple nominations for Hyper Light Drifter, Virginia, Inside and Event[0]

Platinum's latest title is no more

It was set to be one of the shining lights of Xbox One’s 2017 calendar, but Scalebound has officially ceased production. Microsoft confirmed the news last night, issuing the following statement: After careful deliberation, Microsoft Studios has come to the decision to end production for Scalebound. We’re working hard to …

Nintendo’s Super Mario characters are returning to UK McDonald’s Happy Meals this week. Starting from January 11th until February 7th, customers will have a month to pick up the new series of toys, with a new pair of characters being released each week. As confirmed by Nintendo Life, the campaign …

eSports organisation Reunited has closed its doors, despite having one of the best Overwatch teams in the world.  The organisation announced today that it would be ceasing operations, with all teams and players being let go and free to find other homes.  In a blog post founders Frederik Kragh Christensen …

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