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Well isn’t Microsoft just full of surprises. Having set parts of the fandom alight with its recent comments about the marriage of Xbox and PC, Microsoft has now said that it is fully embracing cross-platform online multiplayer. But we’re not just talking between Xbox and PC – Microsoft is happy …
Read More »OPINION: Invincible mode in Star Fox Zero? Great, bring it on
Developer Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that upcoming Wii U shooter Star Fox Zero will include the option for players to pilot an invincible Arwing. The idea, Miyamoto explained, is to give less experienced, and typically younger players, an easier in-road into the game. The traditional play modes will remain for …
Read More »Meet the 15-year-old Hearthstone pro who’s teaching veterans a thing or two
Andrew "TidesofTime" Biessener, aHearthstone veteran with more than $50,000 in prize money winnings in Hearthstone, is gliding through an early qualification tournament for Blizzard’s $1.6 million Hearthstone Championship Tour. In the semifinals he needs to only beat William "Amnesiac" Barton, a sandy-haired 15-year-old playing in only his fourth tournament. But …
Read More »Diversity and digitally scanned players – Intel on changing the face of eSports
One of competitive gaming’s main players has big plans for the future – but you might not even know it was calling the shots. Intel– that’s the company behind all those CPUs, motherboards and SSDs, right? Yep, but it’s also one of thebiggest names in eSports, and has been for …
Read More »Virtual reality demo stations coming to Currys PC World
Consumers are to be given the chance to try the HTC Vive VR experience at branches of Currys PC World. Start Replay reports that an announcement looks likely this week. To date only three outlets are scheduled to get a permanent VR area – London’s Tottenham Court Road, the Reading …
Read More »League of Meta – From individual mechanics to high-level strategy
League of Legends is (constantly) changing. Gone are the days of games being decided by a brilliant early game outplay. Gone are the the days of a single player standing so far above the rest so as to single-handedly lay low their teams foes. Once, the barrier between a great …
Read More »Head Games – Injecting sports psychology into esports
In the world of competitive gaming, you can have the sharpest mind, the fastest reflexes and be the greatest player alive in your bedroom—but it’s all for naught if you can’t perform under the spotlights of the big stage with thousands, sometimes millions, watching you. Read more at ESPN >>>
Read More »Spencer concedes PC gamers may have little reason to buy an Xbox One
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the number of Xbox titles making their way to PC may reduce the need for some corners of the market to buy into Xbox One. When pressed by Polygon on why a gamer with a decent gaming PC would need to buy Microsoft, …
Read More »Over 1,300 new UK stores sold video games in 2015
The number of physical stores selling video games jumped up in 2015. 6,609 stores sold games in the UK last year, a rise of 1,337 over 2014. The data comes via GfK and retail trade body ERA. Every store type increased last year, including electrical chains (up by three stores), …
Read More »Professional Gamers Are Just As Physically Taxed As Athletes, Study Finds
It’s the debate that will seemingly never die: is esports real esports? Should professional gamers be considered athletes, or even semi-athletes considering the amount of hours they have to train, research and prepare? Should video games even be associating the most proficient of its kind with the word sports at …
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