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Blizzard has filed a lawsuit against German company Bossland, the creator of Watchover Tyrant, which is a cheating tool for Overwatch. The publisher is accusing Bossland of copyright infringement, unfair competition, and violating the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision,” TorrentFreak reports. Defendants’ sale and distribution of the Bossland Hacks in the United …
Read More »You can now register for GamesAid’s Poker Tournament
60 places are now available to take part in the annual GamesAid Poker Tournament at Develop. The game is Texas Hold ‘Em No Limit with a 50 buy-in and, to participate, you can register on the tournament’s Just Giving page. The event will take place next Tuesday (July 12th) in …
Read More »Marty Strenczewilk, co-founder of Splyce.gg, talks eSports, Overwatch, and Broadway
A few years ago Marty Strenczewilk had a problem; he wanted to watch Hearthstone tournaments but had a hard time finding out when they took place. So Marty began thinking of a way to solve his problem. He pitched his solution idea to a friend, recruited his wife to help, …
Read More »Interview with Diego Buñuel, the mind behind Canal+’s new esports show
Yesterday, Canal+ revealed the arrival of a weekly show about esports. So, we reached out to Diego Buuel, the person behind the esports push at Canal+, to find out more. Buuel is a French film-maker and the host and director of the National Geographic series, Don’t Tell My Mother. He …
Read More »European Women in Games Conference set for September
The sixth edition of the European Women in Games Conference will take place at the University of Greenwich, on September 7th. Over 40 speakers will gather to deliver keynotes and lead panel discussions and workshops on various subjects, including careers, VFX and animation, eSports and BAME diversity. Lecturers include deputy …
Read More »MCV’s games of E3 2016
We played the games, we watched the trailers and we spoke to the UK games industry to come up with our top titles from E3 2016. INDIE GAME OF E3 We Happy Few From: Compulsion Games Platforms: Xbox One, PC, PS4 Out: July 26th (Early Access) This creepy survival game …
Read More »Multiplay reveals four-day League of Legends festival
Another ‘fest’ will take place at August’s Insomnia58 event, organiser Multiplayhas announced. League Fest will take over a 6,500 square metre hall at Birmingham’s NEC and run from August 26th to 29th. The festival will feature live tournaments featuring former pro players, merchandise, cosplay and ‘special guests’. Tickets will start …
Read More »Condition Zero: Why Smash 4’s top dog isn’t out just yet
Champion. God. Undefeatable. Throughout the duration of Smash 4’s lifespan, Gonzalo ZeRo” Barrios has been referred to as all of these and more. With 55 consecutive tournament-win victories, he’s been the game’s top dog for the longest amount of time. Read more on Splyce >>>
Read More »Huni: ‘When I played League at first, I was bronze’
When I sat down with Immortals’ top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon for a post-game interview, it started like any other. The charismatic import from Korea talked about his team’s victory over the rookie upstarts from Team Envy, saying how "crazy" game two of the series was. After a number of …
Read More »The Thorin Treatment – 17 Years and Counting
17 years ago to the day the first beta of Counter-Strike (CS) was released. What could have just been another mod among many quickly eclipsed the game it was modifying and became a cultural phenomenon in gaming on a scale never before witnessed. Read more on Gamurs >>>
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