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GAME’s annual general meeting today came with an update on trading from the back-end of last year. The headlines are huge growth in its Events, eSports and Digital categories, but overall transactions were down, due to reduced margins on hardware. For the 23 weeks up to January 7th, the group …
Read More »SLIVER.tv signs deal with DreamHack and ESL to stream events in VR
SLIVER.tv has announced a new deal with both ESL and DreamHack that will see them stream 14 events from the organisers in virtual reality this year. The deal will see the company offer VR streams for the following events in 2017: DreamHack Masters Vegas, DreamHack Masters (unconfirmed location), DreamHack ASTRO …
Read More »Microsoft acquire 3D outfit Simplygon
Making steps towards their 3D For Everyone initiative
Read More »The talent lineup for the Gfinity London CWL event has been announced
Gfinity has revealed the broadcast talent that it is bringing over to cast, host and analyse the Call of Duty World League event it is holding at the end of the month. The talent line up for Gfinity London is made up of: Alan ‘Bricetacular’ Brice, Oliver ‘ReL’ Whitfield, Philip …
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg denies accusations in Oculus vs ZeniMax trial
Mark Zuckerberg has provided new information in the $2bn lawsuit between ZeniMax Media and Oculus, denying accusations that Oculus stole VR technology from ZeniMax. The Facebook founder, who gave his testimony in the trial yesterday, said: We are highly confident that Oculus products are built on Oculus technology. The idea …
Read More »Parliamentary group support for TIGA’s £5m games investment fund
Trade association TIGA has called for a games investment fund (GIF) to help support small and medium-sized developers who often struggle to gain access to finance. The scheme has support of the co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Video Games – MP’s Chris White and Chris Law. The …
Read More »EU LCS caster Richard “Pulse” Kam moves to cast the LPL
Richard "Pulse" Kam, a member of the EU LCS casting team, has announced that he is leaving Europe to cast the LPL. In a lengthy statement on Facebook Pulse revealed that he wanted to cast for a different audience and give the EU LCS viewers a break from his work. …
Read More »Unity Technologies hires Natalya Tatarchuk as director of global graphics
Tatarchuk will be in charge of advancing graphical tech of the Unity engine
Read More »Watch Dogs 2 gets three-hour free trial on PS4, with Xbox One to follow
Ubisoft has announced that a free trial for Watch Dogs 2 is now available to download for PS4 owners, with an Xbox One version coming on January 24th. During the free trial, players will have three hours to explore the world of San Francisco and its Dedsec hackers, and they’ll …
Read More »NA LCS Spring Split finals to take place in Vancouver
Riot has announced that the NA LCS Spring Finals weekend will be held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver this April. Day one will be on April 22nd and will feature the third place match between the two teams that lost in the semi finals. Day two will be on …
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