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ESL One New York, which took place in the Barclays Center last weekend, brought in six million unique viewers and broke engagement records. Online viewership peaked at more than 450,000 concurrent viewers, which is presumably split across both the CS:GO and Street Fighter V action. This translated into six million …

Yet another European football team is entering the world of eSports, this time it’s Paris Saint-Germain, the current French league champions. PSG has signed a partnership with the WEBEDIA group, which owns French organisation Milleniun and organises tournaments in the region. Through this partnership PSG will create its own eSports …

There are just a few sleeps now until we open the doors for the Games Media Awards 2016. The event, which takes place on Tuesday October 11th at London’s Sway Bar, will celebrate the very best of the UK’s games media – whether print, digital or broadcast. The Miller Report’s …

Tech services firm GlobalStep speaks to the women on its QA team to find out how they deal with stereotypes, inequality and more

Each of the games from Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will be available individually from November 16th. Uncharted 1, 2 and 3, all of which were remastered for the collection last year, will be available individually in Europe, although seemingly not in other territories for the time being. No price …

"“Virtual reality will only succeed if it represents a diverse ecosystem that speaks to different people and opinions."

Arguably the biggest news to come out of Oculus Connect 3 was the reveal of a new wireless VR headset prototype. Known as Santa Cruz, the headset at first appears visually similar to the Oculus Rift, however upon closer inspection there is a clear lack of wires. Positioned on the …

The proposed acquisition of Imagine at the hands of Future has hit a stumbling block. The Competition and Markets Authority has found that the 14.2m deal, which was revealed in June, could damage the science fiction magazine market, as titles from other publishers offer only a limited competition constraint” to …

Nominees include Valve, Google, Campo Santo and others

Legal experts from Harbottle & Lewis suggest how developers can help stamp out bad and inappropriate behaviour