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With the Call of Duty competitive season about to kick off with MLG Las Vegas Activision is letting those who are yet to buy Infinite Warfare play for free.  Between 6pm (UK time) on December 15th and 6pm on December 20th anyone will be able to download and play Call …

Horizon: Zero Dawn’s UK release date has been moved forward to March 1st, Sony confirmed this morning. Originally set to launch on March 3rd, Guerilla Games’ upcoming third person action game will now launch two days earlier to bring it in line with the rest of Europe. That’s still one …

PS4 owners will be able to get hands-on with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare later this week. Activision’s shooter will be free to download and play from December 15th to December 20th. There will be restrictions, however – only the first two modes of single player will be accessible, while …

Twitch has revealed a new feature, known as AutoMod, that aims to keep Twitch chat at bay without the need for real life human moderators.  Previously large Twitch streams needed real people to monitor the chat and remove any nasty or inappropriate content and ban users, however through the power …

The long-running agreement between EA and sports car manufacturer Porsche looks like it may have concluded. For several years Porsche has been largely missing from the rosters of the market’s largest racing games – that’s why you tend to often see cars from German company RUF, which bases its models …

ESL has announced that it will run a tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the next four years.  ESL One New York will return on September 16th and 17th 2017, and then will come back again in 2018, 2019 and 2020, although exact dates for those events are …

Generation Media’s account executive Joe Phelanexplains how the advertising market for games has changed since 2015, both online and on TV, with regards to both mobile and console gaming. It’s the lead up to Christmas that sees the industry juggernauts pit their wits against each other with huge campaigns promoting …

After a poor first year in League of Legends NRG Esports has sold its spot in the North American Challenger Series.  J2K Esports and Technology is the party buying the spot, and they will be fielding a team known as Gold Coin United in the Challenger Series Spring Split. J2K …

Crytek appears to be in financial trouble once again. The rumour mill kicked into gear following a post on Reddit from what appeared to be a worried employee claiming they hadn’t been paid for six months. Said the poster: This has happened in the past a few times, but never …

Nintendo has finally set a date and time for its upcoming Nintendo Switch presentation in the UK. The press will be going hands-on with Nintendo’s new Switch console on January 13th in the UK, but those wanting to watch the livestream at home will have to set their alarm clocks …