Gaming

By Darren Allan ESL has announced the imminent launch of a new TV channel which will provide 24/7 coverage of pro gamers battling it out in popular titles such as League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Called esportsTV, the channel will launch next month initially on the Viasat satellite service which broadcasts…

By Hugh Langley Sony has announced that “a number of copies” of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End have been stolen, following news that the game has popped up at some second-hand stores around the UK. Copies of the game were swiped “while in transit”, according to Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida, who added, “Sony…

By Jon Porter Nintendo has revealed more information about its mobile plans in its recent earnings release. The company confirmed that the Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing franchises would be the next to make the leap to smartphones, however no release date or further details were given. The company also shed some light on the…

By Patrick Goss Nintendo’s next new console will be with us in less than a year, with the next-generation console – codenamed Nintendo NX – pegged for March 2017. Poor financial results from Nintendo contained a huge silver lining for fans – with the confirmation of the new console. “For our dedicated video game platform…

By Parker Wilhelm It’s almost time for another round of runnin’ and gunnin’ as the Call of Duty series preps for its annual entry. However, CoD Christmas might have come early this year as a listing on the PlayStation Network has possibly revealed the game’s title ahead of its official announcement. A screenshot taken on…

By Hugh Langley We’ve been battling bots in video games for many years, but now we’re taking things to the next level. An upcoming competition will see participants unleash their AI in a battle that relies entirely on what they see, with no special knowledge of the game’s internal data. Google’s DeepMind has already built…

By Darren Allan The Radeon Pro Duo, which AMD has billed as the world’s fastest graphics card, is now available for those with deep enough pockets. The much anticipated dual-GPU video card is priced at $1,499 (around £1,030, or AU$1,940) and is aimed at VR content creators as well as PC gaming enthusiasts with high-end…

By Hugh Langley Since Sony announced the closure of Evolution Studios, a question has remained over Driveclub’s promised virtual reality feature, which was demoed at Paris Games Week and GDC. It now looks like it’s still going ahead. That’s because a trademark for Driveclub VR has been filed with the Entertainment Software Rating Board, where…

By Jon Porter The founder of Oculus, Palmer Luckey, has defended his approach to public relations, saying that he will continue to publicly speak his mind even if he later has to change course, or it risks people taking his words out of context. The comments come in response to a long list (12 at…

By Nick Pino Everybody is getting into video streaming these days. It’s like you can’t turn around without another big name trying – perhaps somewhat haphazardly – to follow in Netflix’s footsteps. To cement that point, Valve, creators of the incredibly lucrative Steam online marketplace, have partnered up with Lionsgate to bring over 100 films…

By Kevin Lee The creators of Doom and Quake John Romero and Adrian Carmack are teaming up again to create a new first person shooter called Blackroom. Night Work Games, the developer studio behind Blackroom, calls it a return to classic FPS gameplay circle strafing, clever maneuvering and intense, weaponized combat. However instead of diving…

By Jon Porter Nintendo has filed a patent for what appears to be a fitness peripheral which features motion and temperature sensors in addition to more traditional control buttons. The patent, which NeoGaf user Rösti posted on the gaming forum, bears more than a passing resemblance to Sony’s infamous ‘boomerang’ controller for the Playstation 3…

By Nick Pino You gotta love earnings calls. Roughly 99% of the time, they are the most boring events on the face of the Earth. But there’s that 1% – maybe a mere minute or two of a two-hour phone call – that all hell breaks lose. This happened recently when AMD CEO Lisa Su…

By Andrew Hayward PS4.5: What we know about PS4K Seven years passed between the release of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, and while the last generation ran a bit longer than usual, buying a game console typically means you’re set for at least a good few years. So why would Sony release an upgraded…

By Brendan Griffiths The days of the Xbox One being more expensive than the PS4 are long gone and Microsoft and their retail partners have been aggressively slashing prices to catch up with Sony’s machine. Who will be the winner? Gamers, that’s who. Both consoles are already cheaper than their predecessors were this early into…