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Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, or Brazilian Ronaldo to you and me, has invested in CNB e-sports Club. The football star who won the World Cup back in 2002 has purchased half of the organisation alongside professional Poker player André Akkari and Igor Trafane Federal who is the CEO of …
Read More »Capcom has "no plans" to bring Resident Evil to Switch right now
Resident Evil VII is due out tomorrow, but it doesn’t look like Capcom will be bringing its flagship horror franchise to the Nintendo Switch any time soon. That’s according to series producer Masachika Kawata, who spoke about the company’s upcoming plans for the franchise to Express Online. I think [the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V claims 11th UK No.1
Rockstar’s UK-made crime blockbuster is once again at the head of the Top 40. This is Grand Theft Auto V’s 11th time at the No.1 spot since its September 2013 release. The game returned to the head of the charts last week, with sales dipping just five per cent week-on-week. …
Read More »Riot to host a third international League of Legends competition
During a press conference in China, Riot Games revealed that it plans to host a third international LoL tournament this year. According to Yahoo eSports, Rioter Ye Qiang revealed that the company will host a new international competition in July this year. Further details are not known but he did …
Read More »DFC Intelligence: Switch to sell 40m by 2020
"The Switch is a compelling piece of hardware that could potentially reach a much larger addressable market."
Read More »Tim Sweeney to get lifetime achievement honour at Game Developers Choice Awards
Will be presented at awards ceremony
Read More »The Division’s Expansion III: Last Stand DLC detailed
Ubisoft has revealed new details about the third DLC expansion for The Division. Entitled ‘Expansion III: Last Stand’, the DLC pack will be available to download simultaneously on PS4, Xbox One and PC when it launches as part of The Division’s Season Pass. Players will also be able to buy …
Read More »Team17 aiming to turn Worms into an unlikely esport
From our sister publication eSportPro
Read More »PlayStation is sponsoring a Liverpool-based bootcamp to get young girls into tech
New bootcamp focusses on 11-14 year old teens
Read More »Warface to be published by My.com from February
Crytek’s Warface has a new publisher for Europe and North America. Starting from February 2017, the first-person-shooter will be published by My.com in the above territories. Crytek, meanwhile, will remain in charge of updates as well as its ongoing support. With My.com taking over all publishing and operations duties, the …
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