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Seagate says cloud gaming isn't a threat

The short version? They’re not worried about Stadia.

EVE Online begins its inevitable expansion to mobile

CCP Games has announced that Eve Echoes, the mobile version of the company's open-ended space MMORPG, will enter closed alpha later this month.

WoW Classic is coming much sooner than you’d think

After announcing the official throwback servers at BlizzCon 2017, Blizzard have given the long-awaited World of Warcraft: Classic a worldwide release date of Tuesday August 27, 2019 - just in time for the game’s 15th anniversary.

Lionsgate, Good Shepherd and Mike Bithell team up on John Wick Hex

Good Shepherd has announced will be publishing a new John Wick videogame developed by award-winning indie dev Mike Bithell later this year.

Intel don’t expect Google Stadia will affect core PC gamers

"Just because you can play Assassin's Creed on your phone doesn’t mean that’s what you’ll want to do that all the time. I can watch Netflix on my phone but I would rather watch it on my big screen if it’s available.”

IEM Sydney 2019: Keeping score with Intel’s Lee Machen

Last year’s Intel Extreme Masters Sydney brought us face to face with Intel’s general manager for gaming and VR/AR sales, Lee Machen. This year’s instalment gave us the chance to catch up with Machen again and take stock of where Intel thinks esports...

Intel are hoping the Oculus Quest will boost VR adoption

Machen says that “People clearly like VR if it’s the right game but as far as [finding] the ‘League of Legends of VR’, we haven’t found that.”

Overwatch World Cup to return in 2019

After several months of radio silence on the annual event, Blizzard has confirmed that a restructured Overwatch World Cup will take place in 2019.

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is set to arrive later this year

Cyanide Studio and Black Shamrock's adaptation of the cult-classic tabletop roleplaying game is due to arrive later in the year.

Blizzard tag in Good Old Games to re-release original Warcraft

Blizzard and Good Old Games (GOG.com) have teamed up to rerelease the first two Warcraft games ahead of the upcoming Warcraft III: Reforged.

Weaker-than-expected sales have thrown Phantom Doctrine dev CreativeForge into disarray

A forum post on RPGCodex.net, seemingly written by Phantom Doctrine lead designer Kacper Szymczak, paints a dire picture of the developer's post-launch struggles.

Let's play Metro Exodus with Nvidia RTX ray tracing

Metro Exodus is a terrific game, and a flagship title for Nvidia's RTX real-time ray tracing technology. Let's take a look at both.

Apex Legends hands on preview: Swinging at the king

Apex Legends is a battle royale shooter with smart touches and creative zest that makes it more approachable, forgiving and strategically rich. Will it have staying power? That's a harder question to answer.