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Publisher Wargaming is planning to create a union of pro players, said the firm’s head of European eSports Nicolas Passemard. Speaking to eSports Pro at Wargaming.net’s League Grand Finals, Passemardsaid: We are thinking about creating a pro player union, so the players will be able receive assistance from us. We …
Read More »Avyd CEO: ‘We will not attempt to take over the event scene in any way’
In March, the organizers of NorCal Regionals 2016 suddenly announced that their title sponsor was Avyd, a company no one had heard of before. Shortly after, Avyd announced a $100,000 fighting game championship series featuring Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Wii U, Guilty Gear …
Read More »Coaching: Dota 2’s "C Word"
Following the success of several coaches at the Shanghai Major, there’s been a lot of talk around the subject of coaching in Dota 2. However, too little of the discussion gets past the point of praising particular individuals while surrendering to the fact that there simply aren’t enough people qualified …
Read More »Riot bury massive statue of League of Legends champion Nautilus in sea bed to act as artificial reef
What to do if you run the most popular (and financially successful) game in the entire world? Well, either you sell it to Microsoft and start buying houses out from the under the nose of Beyonc, or you get busy building monolithic representations of your characters and coming up with …
Read More »Square-off: Riot Games and Valve Software’s community management
Riot Games’ League of Legends and Valve Software’s Dota 2 are two of the foremost titles in the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) market, and are fundamentally different in audience and scope. League of Legends has successfully gained a larger audience by being easier to pick up with a more …
Read More »Player Salaries: Achieving Transparency
Transparency. This is the word that defines the lack of hidden agenda and conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making. It was also the word used by former Ember CEO, Jonathan Pan, when describing the core values of his North American …
Read More »The Big Game: The return of Final Fantasy
We all love a good underdog story. Eddie the Eagle, Leicester City Football Club, Rocky… nothing quite captures the public imagination like a determined minnow taking on and beating the established giants. But there is another type of underdog story. The tale of a once great fighter who has faded …
Read More »Beamdog will expand transgender character’s story
The boss of Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear developer Beamdog has said that his studio’s internal limits on development practise probably contributed to the recent outrage about a transgender character. Last week corners of the internet were set ablaze by the inclusion of a transgender character in the RPG. To …
Read More »Eyebrows raised as US gun manufacturer makes Nintendo Zapper Glock
Toys that resemble real-world hand guns are banned in most markets, but what of the other way around? Although it still feels weird for us in the UK, even shops like Walmart sell guns and ammo in the US, so it’s no surprise that the gun customisation market is a …
Read More »4K Ultra HD Blu-ray arrives in UK
Owners of 4K TVs now have another (and perhaps first?) way to access Ultra HD content on their screens thanks to the official UK launch of 4K Blu-ray. 12 movies are available in the launch line-up – Mad Max, The LEGO Movie, Kingsman, The Maze Runner, Maze Runner: The Scorch …
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