Half-Life's Gordon Freeman is coming to Final Fantasy XV

Pre-order bonus for the Windows Edition

• final fantasy XV
• final fantasy XC windows edition
• half life
• gordon freeman

Troy Baker and Emily O'Brien join Kojima's Death Stranding cast

Joining Norman Reedus and Guillermo del Toro and Mads Mikkelsen on the strange project

• development
• death stranding
• performance capture

Nope, there are no microtransactions in the upcoming Burnout Paradise Remastered

Listening on PSN made in error

• microtransactions
• burnout
• burnout paradise remastered

Diversity is essential to the growth of the games industry, Microsoft's Spencer says

Exec says that as the people playing games expands, it'd be prudent for companies to best represent their audiences

• diversity
• representation

Newzoo reckons esports will generate $906m in 2018

Up 38 per cent year-on-year

• data and research
• esports

British Games Institute one step closer to reality with National Videogame Foundation merger

Will operate out of the NVF's headquar

• Britain
• UK
• british games institute

Meet the Steel Media team at GDC 2018 and Game Connection

Journalists, ad sales, business development and our top execs are flying out to San Francisco

New PUBG content held up by developers having to deal with cheaters

In March, firm will outline its roadmap for the year

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• cheating
• anti-cheat

Report: Playerbase of H1Z1 battle royale mode King of the Kill down 91 per cent from peak

Battle royale isn't proving lucrative for everyone in the sector

• data
• h1z1
• battle royale
• h1z1: king of the kill

Co-founders leave Call of Duty: WWII studio Sledgehammer for Activision exec roles

Director of product development Aaron Halon takes on the top job in their stead

• Job News
• call of duty

99 per cent of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds cheaters are from China

Just under half of the battle royale behemoth's userbase is from the region

• playerunknown's battlegrounds
• cheating

Streamer James ‘Phatoml0rd’ Varga is suing Twitch over Counter-Strike gambling ban

James ‘Phatoml0rd’ Varga says streaming platform never offered sufficient explanation for his channel's removal

• counter-strike
• skin gambling
• bans
• streamers

Ubisoft insists that Rainbow Six: Siege loot boxes don't influence gameplay

"I am feeling very empathetic towards players upset with this, but at the same time I do not feel we are cheating anyone, I don't think we are being greedy whatsoever."

• rainbow six siege
• loot boxes

Unreal developers can get funding, development and marketing support via Epic Games and Mail.ru deal

""We aim to give developers a competitive advantage, not only through Unreal Engine tools and technologies but also through strategic programs and partnerships"

• deal
• unreal engine 4

CI Games announces layoffs despite Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 hitting 1m units

Team reduced to 30

• Job News
• development
• layoffs
• sniper ghost warrior 3