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International movie star Will Ferrell is set to star in a movie about eSports. A report from Variety states that the film will be similar to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby but focusing on eSports instead of NASCAR. A report from Variety states that the film will be …

The League of Legends world championship again broke its own viewership records by bringing in 43 million unique viewers for the final. When SK Telecom T1 faced off against Samsung Galaxy in the grand final more than 43 million unique viewers tuned in, with a total of 14.7 million concurrent …

Ubisoft have to design titles that appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers

Beyond the Summit has announced cs_summit, the company’s first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event.  cs_summit will run from April 19th to 23rd 2017, and will take place in Los Angeles, presumably at the Summit house.   Eight of the best CS:GO teams will battle it out for a share of the …

Reigns steals second place

Studio to focus on AAA online action games

The Nintendo Switch will offer increased gaming performance when docked at home compared to when it is being played portably. That’s according to Let’s Play Video Games, which cites a source working on Nintendo’s upcoming Switch hands-on demonstrations for journalists scheduled for January. Apparently the dock itself does not add …

Live stream numbers for last week’s The Game Awards were up by around 60 per cent compared to 2015’s show. Polygon reports that viewers clocked up 3.8m live streamed of the event, up from the 2.3m seen the year before and the 1.9m in 2014. The jump was in part …

A report has claimed that From Software’s interest in Nintendo Switch could very much revolve around the Dark Souls series. From Software was named as one of Switch’s third party partners at the time of the console’s official reveal. However, it has not yet been revealed whether the studio is …

The worlds of Hollywood and eSports are to collide in a new comedy starring Will Ferrell. Legendary has confirmed an untiled movie based around the joke that Ferrell, who is 49, feels like an old man in a sector that is dominated by youngsters. The studio describes his character as …