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Echo Fox, the eSports organisation founded by NBA legend Rick Fox, has signed a ton of top fighting game players.  The organisation has acquired Taniguchi "Tokido" Hajime, Momochi "Momochi" Yusuke, Justin Wong and Momochi "ChocoBlanka" Yuko, who are some of the best Street Fighter V players in the world. These …

After months of uncertainty surrounding the new roster Fnatic have finally revealed the five players that will represent them at ESL One Genting this weekend.  Muhammad Rizky "Inyourdream" Anugrah and Yong-min "Febby" Kim have been added to the team as permanent members, joining Yee Fung "Mushi" Chai and Chong Xin …

Teams that were set to play in the PEA CS:GO league have voted to instead play in the ESL Pro League North American division.  Late last year PEA told teams that they would not be able to play in both competitions, which caused a ton of drama including open letters …

Samsung revealed yesterday it has shipped five million units of its Gear VR headset since launch. The announcement was made during Samsung’s press conference at CES 2017, by Samsung Electronics America’s president Tim Baxter. He also said that users have watched over 10m hours of video on Gear VR. The …

Gfinity has announced that it will be hosting two Call of Duty World League events in 2017, with the first one set to take place at the end of January.  The CWL London event will take place on January 28th and 29th, with a prize pool of $25,000. Of course …

Sony has revealed just how well its PS4 console did over the Christmas period. The firm announced that it shifted 6.2m units over the festive season, bringing total sales of the machine up to 53.4m, as of January 1st 2017. That’s roughly 3.4m units sold since the firm announced its …

In 2016, revenue generated by the boxed games market dipped by 16.4 per cent. That’s according to data from the retail trade body ERA, which – citing GfK figures – says that 776m was generated by software sales during 2016, down from 2015’s 927.7m. This is due to some titles …

Former coach of Fnatic’s League of Legends team Luis "Deilor" Sevilla has announced a brand new keyboard designed for pro gaming.  Known as the Shortcut keyboard the device features two pads, one for each hand, that each have fourteen keys and some kind of thumb stick/button. It is specifically designed …

UPDATE: Not even a day after the re-reveal of Rime and we’ve got some great news for retailers and would-be fans of the game. Rime is confirmed to be getting a physical release on both PS4 and Xbox One, when we presumed that its initial announcement as an ‘indie’ title …

Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood is launching on June 20th 2017, Square Enix announced today, with pre-orders opening on January 24th. Initially announced during the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival last year, the Stormblood expansion will introduce a swathe of new features to Square Enix’s MMORPG, including the new Red Mage …