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Ubisoft breach and clear several Rainbow Six Siege maps, fixing lighting and optimising textures

As part of Rainbow Six Siege’s Operation Health, Ubisoft have announced some of the Rainbow Six Siege team has been reworking their maps to make them perform better and look prettier than their launch counterparts. The team’s assault on each map is two-fold. Firstly, they’ve gone through the map optimising …

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PUBG monthly update adds MK14 EBR, first person mode and paid-for cosmetic crates on Aug 3

Next week is the next monthly update for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and this one is a big one, adding first-person servers, cosmetic microtransactions, and a beefy new DMR rifle. The new gun is an Mk14 EBR, which will use 7.62 ammo and has a bipod which can be deployed while laying down …

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BBC Three to broadcast games and exclusive content from the Gfinity Elite Series

BBC Three has announced a deal with esports company Gfinity that’ll see the online-only TV channel broadcast tournament games and exclusive short-form video content from Gfinity’s Elite Series. The event, held at the Gfinity Esports Arena in London, has attracted lots of interest in recent weeks, with Gfinity recently announcing …

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is now available for everyone to buy

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is now available for the PS4, Xbox One and PC as a standalone title. The release was expected soon enough the remastered game was shipped as a preorder bonus with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, but it’s taken nearly a year to be available …

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Laser Kittenz release second player this week, as Lee ‘Claris’ Keon-ho departs

Lee ‘Claris’ Keon-ho has been released by Overwatch team Laser Kittenz, just a few days after his South Korean teammate Byeon ‘Munchkin’ Sang-beom. Keon-ho and Sang-beom signed for Laser Kittenz after leaving Lunatic Hai in April after just a few days with Lunatic-Hai.  Keon-ho is leaving Laser Kittens to try …

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CD Projekt Red to host $25,000 Gwent tournament at Gamescom

CD Projekt RED are bringing card game Gwent to Gamescom for one of its first major tournaments. The game launched in open beta back in May, but is slowly becoming more and more polished as CD Projekt RED flesh out the game beyond its roots as a diversion in its Witcher …

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Dorna release details on MotoGP eSport Challenge, ahead of Jerez GP time trial

Dorna have released new information on the MotoGP eSport Championship, ahead of it kicking off today with the Jerez GP in Spain. From the 27 July to 6 August, thousands of fans that have pre-registered for the competition will play at home and try to get the best time haring …

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Esports and gaming video platform Dingit.tv confirmed as gold sponsor for Indie Arena booth at Gamescom

Dingit.TV has been officially confirmed as the main sponsor for Gamescom’s Indie Arena booth. As a gold level sponsor, esports and gaming video outfit Dingit.tv will be involved at all levels of the show, supporting indie titles but also running tournaments for competitive games at the event. From Dingit.tv’s blog …

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Blizzard reveals Overwatch League details, players to get $50k salaries and 50% share of $3.5m prize pool

Earlier in July Blizzard announced the first seven teams that would be taking part in Season 1 of the Overwatch League, with teams in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, New York City, San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Now, they’ve opened the whole thing up, and dished the dirt on how the …

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Dragon Ball Fighter Z beta is delayed until September

The console-only beta for Dragon Ball Fighter Z has been delayed until September. Sign-ups for the beta were supposed to kick off today but now you’ll only be able to register your interest now next month, August 22 to be exact. The beta weekend will now run on September 16-17, …

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