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Publisher Take-Two has told investors that all of its future releases will offer players the chance to buy microtransactions. In an investor call after its latest financial results, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said: “If we create a robust opportunity and a robust world in which people can play delightfully in …

The Boy Who Lived is going to have another stab at conjuring up a video games sales success potion. Warner Bros has announced not only a new Niantic title in the vein of Pokemon Go, but also some as of yet unspecified console and mobile games, all of which fall …

Former Overwatch pros Kim ‘EscA’ In-jae and Lee ‘Leetaejun’ Tae Jun have been signed by KSV Esports to form the organisation’s first PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds team. EscA has twice won the OGN Apex with Lunatic-Hai. However, having chosen not to move to the US to compete in the Overwatch League, he …

Mexican League of Legends team Lyon Gaming has landed itself in a spot of trouble after being ruled to have breached its Riot contract. EsportsInsider reports that the team has been fined $12,500 and told it must abandon its current branding after Riot was informed by a third party that …

An anti-corruption scandal has rocked South Korea’s Korean Esports Association (KeSPA). Dot Esports reports that the organisation’s chairman Jeon Byung-Hun and three of his aides were taken into custody yesterday. They are being investigated over allegations that they received large payments from South Korean retailer Lotte Homeshopping, along with the …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has joined Fortnite in the 20m sales club. Creator Brendan Greene’s tweet dropped in the fact that the game hit the milestone at the weekend, just to be sure we all know that it wasn’t beaten to the punch by Epic’s Fortnite, which also hit 20m this weekend. …

Developer Io Interactive has confirmed that development has begun a new instalment in the Hitman franchise. The studio was dropped by previous owner Square Enix in May, and completed an MBO the following month – a deal which saw it retain the rights to its Hitman series. “Five months ago, …

Over half of UK adults play video games and almost a third of them have purchased a game in the last year. That’s one of the findings in Kantar Media’s new Playing the Gaming Market report, which says that 6.5m adults, or 13 per cent of the UK’s adult population, …

GTA is far from the only success story coming out of Take-Two, with NBA 2K18 also posting good numbers. The sports sim has to date shipped 6m units, with sales up 20 per cent for the same time period compared to its predecessor. Digital sales for the title are also …

Ubisoft has seen sales climb 65.7 per cent year-on-year thanks to a string of successful launches across various platforms. Assassin’s Creed Origins is off to a strong start, selling twice as many units as its 2015 predecessor Syndicate did in its first 10 days. Company-wide digital sales were up 69.1 …