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Encouraging college students to play more computer games might seem like a counter-intuitive way to develop career prospects, but what if they’re aiming to be the next eSports superstar? More and more American colleges are offering scholarships to promising young players in games such as Blizzard’sHeroes of the StormandLeague of …
Read More »Judge gives go ahead of Palmer Luckey breach of contract claim
The founder of Oculus Rift looks likely to end up in court over allegations that he used knowledge and technologies learned from a previous role in setting up his virtual reality empire. Reuters reports that US District Judge William Alsup has ruled that a breach of contract claim levelled against …
Read More »Loda and Akke: Alliance is back as top Dota contender
It has now been close to two and a half years since Alliance was on top of the world of professional Dota. Early in 2013 the Swedish juggernaut featuring Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg, Jerry "EGM" Lundkvist, captain Gustav "s4" Magnusson along with Dota veterans Joakim "Akke" Akterhall and Jonathan "Loda" Berg …
Read More »Jonathan Blow’s The Witness releases next week
The Witness will be released on PS4 and PC on Tuesday January 26th, priced at a not inconsiderable 30. Mind you, considering that it has been in development for the best part of eight years, that price is perhaps not unreasonable. After all, is there a reason why indie games …
Read More »Mobile devs: don’t forget to help identify the biggest funding challenges of 2016
Pollen VC survey looking into financial reality of studios and user growth takes under 10 minutes to complete
Read More »Capcom talks concerns with PS4’s Street Fighter V moving into eSports arena
Capcomis working to bring the next iteration in the iconicStreet Fighterfranchise to the PlayStation 4 and PC during the middle part of next month, but the publisher is looking to take the series beyond a convention launch. eSports have risen to enormous heights and have gained a serious amount of …
Read More »IGDA board of members vote opens
Two director seats available in this year’s election
Read More »Exploding Kittens ready to ignite on iOS
Record-breaking Kickstarter card game Exploding Kittens is about to make its video game bow. Tomorrow (Thursday January 21st) will see the release of Exploding Kittens on iOS. The title, developed by Seattle’s Substantial in conjunction with original creator Matthew Inman, will cost $1.99 in the US. Cosmetic microtransactions will also …
Read More »Creative England and Imaginarium Studios unite to form new publisher
Up to 10 releases expected within first 12 months from partnership between investment organisation and digital studio co-founded by actor Andy Serkis
Read More »ESA criticises NPD games market figures
US video games trade body the Entertainment Software Association has criticised the market data released by research firm NPD. The company’s data for the US games market in 2015 indicated that the industry was flat year-on-year, but the ESA says this depiction of the sector is not accurate. This is …
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