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Both Robin “flusha” Rönnquist and Jesper “JW” Wecksell are set to reunite with their former Fnatic teammates to recreate the roster that dominated CS:GO for months. A report from Slingshot eSports states that flusha and JW will join forces with Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer, Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson and Dennis “Dennis” Edman …
Read More »Dutch Eredivisie league creates FIFA 17 Ultimate Team competition
The top Dutch football league, Eredivisie, has announced plans to launch a FIFA 17 Ultimate Team league known as the E-Divisie. The league will kick off on February 6th, with all 18 Eredivisie clubs fielding a player in the competition. Seventeen rounds of games later and the winner will be …
Read More »Fire Emblem Heroes launches on Android first in the UK, with iOS to follow later
Nintendo’s finally lifted the lid on its upcoming Fire Emblem game for smartphones. Entitled Fire Emblem Heroes, the game will be free to download with optional in-app purchases and will be launching on Android on February 2nd in the UK with an iOS release to follow soon after. The game …
Read More »Resident Evil VII joins Xbox Play Anywhere programme
Microsoft gamers who pick up the latest Resident Evil title will be able to play it on both Xbox One and Windows 10. This was announced via Twitter by Xbox boss Phil Spencer (below), and makes it the first major third-party release to support Microsoft’s initiative. So far, the only …
Read More »Guitar Hero Live developer FreeStyleGames departs Activision for Ubisoft
Ubisoft has acquired DJ Hero and Guitar Hero Live studio FreeStyleGames from Activision. The UK studio, based in Leamington Spa, will be renamed Ubisoft Leamington and will be headed up by Richard Blenkinsop, the new managing director at Ubisoft Reflections. Announced via blog post on Ubisoft’s website, Ubisoft Leamington will …
Read More »Richard Blenkinsop named as MD of Reflections and new Ubisoft Leamington
Ubisoft Leamington formerly known as Activision studio FreeStyleGames
Read More »Pawel Zawodny launches new Poland-based studio, Strange New Things
Promises to deliver strange new things
Read More »Nintendo hints at another Switch Zelda game after Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild hasn’t even launched yet, but franchise producer Eiji Aonuma is already teasing a new instalment in the series for the Nintendo Switch. Talking to IGN, Aonuma said this new game could happen in order to fully use the Switch’s potential. I haven’t …
Read More »UPDATED: Nintendo Switch boxes and UK Zelda Breath of the Wild special editions revealed
Nintendo has unveiled the packaging for its new Nintendo Switch titles. As seen on Nintendo of America’s website,Switch games will be packaged in long, vertical cases not too dissimilar from PSP boxes. So far, only a few boxes have appeared in their final form online, including Zelda: Breath of the …
Read More »The Big Question: Should I focus my career on a certain skill set?
It can be tough deciding what skills you should learn for your career. Amiqus tells us how to approach making that choice.
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