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Microsoft has mirrored by Sony by introducing its own $50 post Black Friday discount to Xbox One in the US. Sony last week confirmed that its $250 500GB Uncharted 4 PS4 Slim bundle would be returning for Christmas. Now Microsoft has rolled out a $250 500GB Battlefield 1 bundle, along …

Battlerite is getting a new champion today in the form of Pestilus aka “Lord of the Swarm”.  The new champion is a part of the new massive winter update, which includes the new ranking system with leagues and divisions, making competitive play a lot easier.  “Pestilus aka “Lord of the …

One of the most iconic Heroes of the Storm maps is returning to the game with a ton of changes.  Haunted Mines returns to Blizzard’s MOBA today, and to get you prepared Lead battleground designer John DeShazer went in depth on seven of the biggest changes. You can see his …

Microsoft has said that nearly half of Xbox One owners have taken advantage of the machine’s backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games. Now over 300 back compat titles,” Xbox boss Phil Spencer tweeted. Nearly 50% of XB1 owners playing BC games is great to see. Thanks for supporting the program.” …

Oculus has divided itself into separate PC and mobile divisions, with CEO Brendan Iribe stepping down as part of the changes. Iribe will head up the new PC business, while former Microsoft man Jon Thomason, who joined the company in August, will lead its mobile operations. Both founder Palmer Luckey …

Sony controller now supported as standard on Steam

Numerous new features with Google Daydream functionality to come soon

UK production company expanding its work in games

Gina Jackson has been appointed head of games at UK production company The Imaginarium Studios. The newly created role will see the company bringing its expertise in performance capture, VFX and real-time animation to the games industry. Jackson was previously managing director at NextGen Skills Academy, where she worked for …

Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s new store in London while today he jumps into Overwatch. Fnatic certainly isn’t a stranger to supporting new games early on, but …