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Ubisoft maintains it is confident in upcoming sequel Watch Dogs 2, but has admitted that pre-orders for the game are lower than it had anticipated. "The pre-orders are not as high as we thought they could be but we feel like the experience is a fantastic experience so we feel …

Despite what CEO Bartosz Skwarczek tells MCV when we sit down for our interview, the last twelve months have not been overly positive for codes marketplace G2A. In October 2015, League of Legends maker Riot asked teams sponsored by the retailer to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. …

Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch has become the fastest title to reach 20m players in the company’s history. So successful has it proved that Blizzard’s Q3 monthly active user numbers are up 50 per cent year-on-year and 25 per cent on the previous quarter, hitting 42m. That number has doubled …

167 games have been given the nod for Video Games Tax Relief in the year ending September 2016. That’s 117 per cent up on the previous year. UKIE added that the total UK/EEA spend on these projects hit 253.1m – that’s a 686 per cent year-on-year increase. The budget for …

ESL UK co-managing director James Dean discusses what lessons we can learn from the past failures of eSports in the UK and why it’s important not to forget them. 2016 has been a massive year for eSports. With TV production companies all over the world finally committing to coverage, eSports …

Cult indie hit Darkest Dungeon is celebrating an important milestone in its successful story. The game, which came out on Steam Early Access last year before getting a full release in January, and hit PS4 and Vita in September, has now sold over 1m copies worldwide. Despite the console arrival, …

PC gamers are able, should they choose, to buy today’s new Call of Duty from the Windows Store instead of Steam, but doing so comes at a price. Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 10 version of the game’s multiplayer will only connect with others who have purchased from Microsoft’s …

YouTube is changing the games media landscape – you need to adjust your marketing strategies accordingly, says uChannel Management’s director Sam Barkaway. If you’ve been reading the marketing press over the last 12 months, you’ll find no shortage of commentators talking about the importance of tapping into ‘influencers’ – delivering …

Promises deep Twitch integration with a host of overlays, graphs and features for streamers