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American network The CW aired the final part of Machinima’s Chasing the Cup docuseries on Monday night to an audience of around 346,800 viewers. The online series had previously whittled a tournament bracket of Mortal Kombat X players down to just five competing for the biggest share of a $100,000 …
Read More »Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn and John de Lancie among Master of Orion’s voice cast
A huge number of recognisable names have been revealed for the voice cast of Wargaming’s Master of Orion revival. Included in the list are Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Michael Dorn (Worf from TNG), Dwight Schultz (Murdock in the A-Team, and …
Read More »Discover how you can use 3D scanning to put the player into your game
Intel Developer Blog: 3D scanning can allow developers to input the player's own features into the game and boost immersion
Read More »Jas Purewal on the business and law of eSports
At Casual Connect Europe 2016,Jas Purewal, founder of Purewal & Partners, gave a talk on the business and law of eSports. He spoke about how clubs remunerate their players, which includes a basic "salary" that can be as high as $12,000 a month, as well as tournament proceeds. "Sponsorship is …
Read More »GAME creates a robotic mascot to promote trade-ins
Retailer GAME is hoping to promote a fresh boost to its trade-in program with the creation of a new character. He’s called TIM, which cunningly stands for Trade-In Machine. TIM is set to appear on GAME’s various online channels, as well as in-store. With unwanted Christmas gifts taking up valuable …
Read More »‘We will do Early Access right,’ vows GOG
'We don’t want to be in the business of selling poor experiences wrapped in grand promises,' insists brand director Tomasz Nalewajk
Read More »The Brave New World of VR
The future is here – virtual reality is finally launching for consumers. And this isn’t just the launch of a new product – VR’s arrival represents the starting point of an entirely new market. As of March 28th – when the first batch of Oculus’ Rift headsets ship – we …
Read More »Warren Spector returns to development, leading System Shock 3 team
The man behind some of the most iconic PC games of the 1990s is to work on a follow-up to one of his most influential projects. Designer Warren Spector helped craft franchises including Wing Commander, Thief and, most notably, Deus Ex. He also served as the producer of System Shock, …
Read More »FunPlus kicks off $50m indie funding drive with Sirvo partnership
New studio from Threes! creator will be the first partner for social and mobile specialist
Read More »White House and Trump round on Apple in iOS security row
Both officials speaking for the White House and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have lashed out at Apple over its refusal to comply with FBI security requests. Apple boss Tim Cook yesterday said in an open letter that authorities had asked him to create a new version of iOS that …
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