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2GGaming and eSports Arena have announced a new Smash Bros Wii U (4) circuit for 2017 with a massive $100,000 prize pool.  Exact details are a little thin on the ground after a brief announcement over the weekend, but it seems that there will be twelve events over the course …

Actor Terry Crews may be in line to voice the next Overwatch character after a fan campaign and a trip to Blizzard headquarters.  After much digging around in the game and its lore fans seem to have concluded that the next Overwatch hero will be called Doomfist. One image in …

It’s Christmas joy for all at RockStar and Take-Two as Grand Theft Auto V continues its astonishing sales record. This week, just in time for the holidays, the game roared past 6m total sales – according to Eurogamer. That’s UK physical sales, no digital copies, since its launch on the …

£22m fund dished out to companies to promote Polish games industries

World War II virtual reality shooter ties a shooter narrative with pre-war exploration narrative

Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s BAMTech division has acquired the streaming rights for League of Legends.  The deal will cost MLBAM at least $50 million a year, with the initial deal being secured until 2023. Officially the deal is for the monetisation and commercialisation of League of Legends eSports, although …

Black Friday was huge for physical games retailers, a wild party that saw unit sales shoot up by 181 per cent week-on-week. The last couple of weeks have inevitably been comparatively slow, although still well up on what came before the sales frenzy. Now, in time for Christmas the market …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has claimed the Christmas No.1 spot this year, holding onto its position at the top of the UK Top 40 for the second week running. This makes it the seventh Call of Duty title to hold this position over Christmas. After a decline in …

Growing company adds Lizzie Wilding and Simon Bull to management team

16bit hit Ecco the Dolphin could be in line for a reappearance. VentureBeat reports that original Ecco creator Ed Annunziata has settled a lawsuit with Sega regarding the ownership of the franchise, which he originally filed after a failed attempt to Kickstart a spiritual successor called The Big Blue. That …