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New game will combine characters and stories from Final Fantasy XV and weave it into an MMO experience using MZ's technology.

IP from Ubisoft’s portfolio could be making its way to digital streaming service Netflix. That’s according to a story from Reuters, which says that CEO Yves Guillemot told reporters that the firm was in talks with Netflix over a TV series. Which property is set for the streaming platform is …

New sports and media agency Catalyst has launched with divisions for football, basketball and eSports, with eSports lawyer Bryce Blum leading the latter. Blum has been around the eSports scene for a while, serving as legal counsel for companies such as Unikrn and the Renegades team. He is also used …

Vivendi say they now hold 21.29 per cent of the voting rights to the company.

The ESL Pro League CS:GO competition will return for another two seasons in 2017, with $2 million on the line throughout the course of the year. The two million prize pool gives each season a prize pool of $1 million, which is a 25% increase on last season. ESL have …

goal of Reactor is "innovate and develop new applied games products and services to meet the future challenges facing society"

Daryl Koh "iceiceice" Pei Xiang, captain of the Faceless Dota 2 team, has said that streaming is destroying players’ careers in China. In an interview with Cnet iceiceice was asked about the lucrative streaming contacts that players can earn in China, and he had some controversial views on the subject. …

Tech Data will be showcasing the latest VR gaming hardware as an Expo partner at PCR Boot Camp North 2016, whichtakes place at the Renaissance Hotel in central Manchester on Wednesday, November 16th. The event will examine and celebrate the trends, opportunities and challenges facing the UK IT channel in …

Not the Xbox System updates though. You still can't use those.

Shopping on Steam has been given a facelift thanks to what Steam is calling ‘The Discovery Update 2.0′. On the face of it things don’t appear wildly different. Titles are presented slightly differently, with screenshots that enlarge when rolled over, while the sidebar provides faster and clearer access to a …