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Many layoffs expected as Crytek concentrates on "Core Compentancies" including premium IPs and engine

The second season of Street Fighter V has kicked off, with a new playable character and a ton of new changes.  Akuma is now available to purchase and play along with his story, premium battle and nostalgia costumes.  Akuma is the first of six new characters due over the course …

After announcing that the Dignitas CS:GO team would be leaving the organisation team coach Casper "ruggah" Due revealed that they were offered a good deal to stay.  “As was announced earlier today, we are not re-signing with Team Dignitas when our contracts expire the 31st of December,” said ruggah in …

Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey has been named Canada’s Smartest Person after winning a TV show competition testing contestants smarts.  missharvey made it to the final of the competition after winning week one of the show. In the final she faced off against a mechanic, a national rugby player, a hockey commissioner …

DICE has revealed its first Battlefield 1 expansion, entitled ‘They Shall Not Pass’. Releasing in March 2017, the expansion will feature new maps, weapons and a new playable French army faction. In a blog post on Battlefield’s website, DICE content lead Jonas Elfving and Battlefield 1 creative director Stefan Strandberg …

Eurogamer Digital Foundry spec analysis looks negative for the Switch

Once again Anglia Ruskin's Cambridge campus will host the event

Cloud9 has announced its roster for the upcoming North American LCS season.  Most of the roster is the same as last split, with Jung "Impact" Eon-yeong, Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen, Zachary "Sneaky" Scuderi and Andy "Smoothie" Ta all returning. The latter three players have all signed new three year contracts, with …

Studio Zero working on new fantasy RPG to be revealed on December 23rd

It is understood that Samsung now knows why its ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 handsets were catching fire. Wired reports that the Korean tech giant has ended its investigation into the cause of the problems, and has handed its findings over to a number of regulatory bodies. What it has concluded, …