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Activision and Platinum Games’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan has disappeared from digital storefronts. As reported by Eurogamer, the title is no longer available to purchase from PlayStation Network, Xbox Games Store or Steam. Mutants in Manhattan launched in May 2016 after a January reveal. The site also …
Read More »eSports dominates Forbes’ gaming 30 under 30
Forbes has released its 30 under 30 list for gaming, and multiple eSports players, personalities and business owners have been included. Team SoloMid owner Andy "Reginald" Dinh is this year’s featured honouree, with Immortals CEO Noah Whinston and and Tempo Storm owner Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk also being included. A few …
Read More »Pixelmage announces closure after poor Hero’s Song performance on Early Access
"We knew going in that most startups don't make it, and as an indie game studio we hoped we would be the exception to that rule, but as it turned out we weren't."
Read More »Emirates FA Cup FIFA 17 tournament returns with Wembley finals
If you are pretty nifty at FIFA then you could lift the FA Cup at Wembley later this year. The Emirates FA Cup gaming tournament, Every Gamer’s Adventure, which yes is its actual name and very ridiculous, takes place on May 6th and mimics the format of the real FA …
Read More »Strict deadline of 6th of January for MCV Awards nominations
Deadline date approaching for 15th annual MCV Award ceremony
Read More »Dell becomes ELEAGUE’s exclusive hardware partner
Dell has signed on as ELEAGUE’s new hardware partner and becomes the latest major company to sponsor the competition. ELEAGUE competitions will now use the Alienware Aurora with Dell 24-inch 144Hz gaming monitor, starting with the ELEAGUE Major at the end of this month. And of course you can expect …
Read More »Norwegian studio Artplant buy Project IGI brand from Square Enix
Project IGI to be pulled out of retirement for one last mission
Read More »Frontier Developments sue Atari, alleges unpaid royalties
Company suggest they are owed $2.2m
Read More »Evil Geniuses CEO PPD returns to active competition with new Dota squad
CEO of Evil Geniuses, Peter “PPD” Dager, has announced his return to competitive Dota 2 with a new team. Known as WanteD the team features PPD as captain with former CompLexity player Rasmus "Chessie" Blomdin, former MVP Phoenix player Kim "QO" Seon-yeop and former Rave/Archon player Jio "Jeyo" Madayag also …
Read More »Former Dignitas CS:GO team signs with FC Copenhagen’s new eSports division
At the end of 2016 it was revealed that Dignitas’ highly successful CS:GO team would not be resigning with the organisation. We now know where that team has ended up, and it’s a bit of a surprise. Rumours speculated that the team would sign with Danish football club FC Copenhagen, …
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