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The first round of matches for the ELEAGUE CS:GO Major have been revealed, with more than a few tasty matchups to kick things off.  The headline matchup is between ELEAGUE Season One champions Virtus Pro and ELEAGUE Season Two champions OpTic Gaming. Both teams will be looking to get off …

Ubisoft obviously knows what to do to win the internet and put it into practice in its new trailer for the upcoming Ghost Recon Wildlands. It features a cute cat chasing a red dot, which is everything we could hope for in a trailer for an open world drug cartel …

The PEA drama finally seems to be coming to a close, with players voting to play in the ESL Pro League insead. Now thanks to player spokesperson Scott “SirScoots” Smith, we know why they chose ESL.  A lengthy Medium blog from SirScoots reveals a number of key points, such as …

Thanks to analytics site Steam Spy we now have an idea of how Valve’s online store performed in 2016. According to the outlet, $3.5bn was generated in revenue by software sales on Steam, in line with revenue figures seen in 2015. That’s in spite of new releases spiking by 75 …

Pokmon Go was the most downloaded app on the iOS App Store in 2016, Apple has announced. Super Mario Run, which was also one of the top ten most downloaded apps of 2016, was the most downloaded app worldwide on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Other apps that made …

Visa has announced a major sponsorship deal with SK Gaming.  The new sponsorship, which lasts for 12 months, will see the Visa logo appear on the SK Gaming jerseys, SK players heading to Visa events and Visa’s tech being integrated into the SK online store. In return Visa will give …

Cloud9 has signed the former Imperial Dota 2 roster who placed in the top four at DreamLeague and narrowly missed out on the Boston Major.  The team left the Imperial organisation at the start of December, with the team owner saying they had got a better offer they couldn’t compete …

Riot has announced that both the EU and NA LCS leagues will use a new ten ban system in 2017 instead of the traditional six ban.  All LCS matches will now kick off with each team banning five champions and picking five champions. The exact order can be seen in …

Steam gets steamier

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most hotly anticipated Nintendo titles coming out this year, but so far Nintendo has only given a vague launch window of 2017”. However, a new report from Eurogamer suggests that consumers in Japan and the US might see …