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FIFA 17 maintains its top spot in the UK charts this week despite strong competition from the new Final Fantasy. FFXV debuts in second place, enjoying the second-best UK launch ever for a Final Fantasy title behind FFXIII. Ubisoft’s new extreme sports release Steep can manage only 24th in its …

PlayStation held its third annual Experience event this year, with some big names showing up on the platform holder’s stage. The platform holder opened up with a brand new title in the Uncharted franchise, entitled The Lost Legacy, featuring Drake’s ex-girlfriend, Chloe. It’s being developed by franchise creators Naughty Dog, …

Co-creator: "Short version: we're fucked."

Overwatch wins big at the Los Angeles ceremony

Brandwith head of innovation says that VR needs to move away from throwaway experiences to make VR more relevant

"You let us tell the story of my son Joel. And in the end, it was not the story that we wanted to tell. But you chose to love us through our grief"

Here’s something fun to do while you wait for that clock to hit 5pm and the weekend to officially start. Red Bull has released the 2nd episode of its Away From Keyboard series with StrifeCro going racing.  StrifeCro is of course a Hearthstone player for Cloud9, but for this episode …

North American LCS team Echo Fox has signed former League of Legends world champion Jang “Looper” Hyeong-seok for its 2017 roster.  The announcement was made over on Yahoo eSports, where they revealed that the former member of the world championship winning Samsung White team would be heading to the NA …

Scott Downie from Tag Games takes us through the struggles and realisations of developing for VR in their recent game jam

Former Fnatic player Fabien "Febiven" Diepstraten has signed for H2K, pending Riot’s approval.  Febiven has replaced former H2K player Yoo "Ryu" Sang-wook, who was part of the team that made it to the semifinals of the World Championships.  The news was announced on The Bridge, the daily three hour talk …