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It’s Mother’s Day at DreamHack Austin, and the crowd has only grown in size. While many around the world are home celebrating with their moms, one Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player just wants to make his, who is a continent away, proud. Originally from a small town called Itapetininga in Brazil, …
Read More »League Of Legends: What G2’s Disastrous MSI Performance Actually Tells Us
Heading into the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), most fans of the European League of Legends’ scene were pleased to see G2 eSports representing their region. The team had stormed the EU LCS in their rookie split, with a combination of individual skill and teamwork. They also had a cocksure aura around …
Read More »How to build an effective League of Legends team
It’s not easy to form a competitive League of Legends team – you need to consider player roles, team dynamics, leadership, shotcalling and more. In this article, former ManaLight head coach Will "Frozen Dawn" Burgess (pictured with the team, third from left) offers advice to coaches, managers and players who …
Read More »Video: First trailer for Assassin’s Creed film released
Ubisoft has rolled out our first glimpse of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed movie in motion. The trailer (below) debuted last night on American talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live and shows us what we can expect from the forthcoming release. The film tells the story of Michael Fassbender’s Callum Lynch who …
Read More »Sega looking into Shenmue HD remasters
Japanese publisher Sega is assessing whether it can make HD remasters of Shenmue 1 and 2. On the firm’sSega Centralchannel, Dan Sheridan – Sega Europe’s community manager – said that the firm is wants to release the aforementioned remasters. He did not, however, that licensing issues may put the brakes …
Read More »Samsung and Oculus’ Gear VR hits 1m users
Over one million people have used Samsung’s Gear VR headset in the last month. That’s according to Oculus’ blog, which says that in the six months since its mobile VR headset hit shelves over one million people used the new tech. Note – this does not necessarily mean that one …
Read More »Paradox sticks up for IGN’s Stellaris review and critical freedom
Publisher Paradox Interactive has urged fans to stop lambasting IGN for what some feel is an unfair review of Stellaris. The space strategy title, which is off to an incredibly strong start, has a Metacritic rating of 78 per cent. IGN awarded the title a 6.3/10, saying that sections later …
Read More »nDreams: We want to be the Ubisoft of VR publishing
At the start of the year, nDreams announced that it was going to be publishing third-party virtual reality games. Now it has announced its first partner in this new venture – Paw Print Games and its currently-unnamed VR title.We talk to nDreams CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh about this new deal, as …
Read More »Intel Extreme Masters Season 11 Prize Pool will be over $1 million
The eleventh season of the Intel Extreme masters has been announced and will feature a prize pool of more than $1 million. Players and teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and StarCraft II will battle it out over three events during the course of the year in an …
Read More »Indie community Game Jolt launches dedicated marketplace
Revenue split set at below 10%, with devs able to take home 100% if they choose to
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