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Finally. After many months of being barred from competition, TSM has announced that Leffen has received a temporary P1 Visa that grants him access to the United States. This is great news for Melee fans, but one that comes as a bit of a surprise. Why now, when not before? …
Read More »Q&A: Walshy on leaving competitive Halo, HCS Pro League and CLG’s dominance
During EGLX over the weekend in Toronto, Slingshot contributor Blake Bottrill had the chance to catch up with veteran Halo commentator David Walshy” Walsh. The former pro player talked about event host cities, going to school and Counter Logic Gaming’s recent dominance. Read more on SlingShot eSports >>>
Read More »The DreamHack Austin eSports overview
The biggest LAN (local area network) party on the planet is coming to North American soil for the first time with DreamHack Austin (Texas) this week. Since its inception in 1994, DreamHack was the answer to the question, "What group consistently puts on the largest digital competition, LAN party and …
Read More »Respawn developing new Star Wars title
Former God of War director Stig Asmussen at the helm
Read More »VVVVVV pulled from Nintendo eShop over 3DS hack exploit
Terry Cavanagh’s popular indie platformer VVVVVV has been removed from the Nintendo eShop amid accusations that it can enable the use of homebrew software on the handheld. Polygon reports that the game featured in a new exploit that bypassed some of the console’s security protection. A similar scenario played out …
Read More »Force Awakens voice cast confirmed for LEGO adaptation
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega are among the voice stars stepping up for duty in the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Also confirmed, via the trailer you can see below, are Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie and Anthony Daniels, all of …
Read More »Minecraft: Xbox One Edition has a new retail bundle on the way
A newer version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is on the way to retail. Costing 19.99 and due out on June 21st, the Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Favourites Pack includes the base game, two Battle and Beasts skin packs, the Natural, City and Fantasy texture packs and the Festive and …
Read More »Gfinity is working on a large Call of Duty LAN event
Martin Wyatt, head of partner relations at Gfinity, confirmed to MCV that the company is currently organising its first Call of Duty LAN event of the year. As the CoD World League moves through its second and final stage we are looking to support that process by springing up our …
Read More »InXile forces indie dev to re-name The Alien Wasteland
One-man developer Dan Games has been forced to rename upcoming title The Alien Wasteland to ‘Action Alien’ after a legal threat from InXile. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that InXile believed the game infringed its trademark for Wasteland 2. We reached out to the developer of The Alien Wasteland (now Action …
Read More »Blizzard holding back Overwatch’s Competitive mode until post-launch
The recently introduced Competitive Play mode in Blizzard shooter Overwatch does not feature in the new open beta and will not be re-launched until after the game has been released. The mode was designed for those intent on engaging most seriously with the game, featuring a ranking system and leagues …
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