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Mac owners who have invested early in Valve’s recently released Steam Controller and upcoming Steam Link have been told that neither device will currently work with their machine. Unfortunately, there are some temporary software issues that prevent the hardware from functioning with Macs,” Valve said in an email to customers, …
Read More »Major Arsenal stakeholder invests $100m in Russian eSports community
Russian eSports organisation Virtus.pro has received investment that could total over $100m from a company owned by one of Arsenal’s controlling figures. Virtus is Russia’s largest eSports group, organising tournaments, running a vast network of recording studios and hosting an eSports community that has over 7.6m subscribers. Its content was …
Read More »When reality comes crashing into VR
With excitement high around VR, SuperData's Joost van Dreunen considers the next step
Read More »eSports fantasy sports operator Vulcun withdraws from Nevada
Fantasy eSports firm,Vulcun, have announced that they are withdrawing their services from the state of Nevada, and have moved to bar all state residents from playing in its paid fantasy leagues and tournaments. Read more at SBC News >>>
Read More »505 Games seeks new IP at Interface
Publisher aims to sign more games at November 12th event
Read More »Defiance game will live on, despite death of TV series
The tie-in Defiance MMO will continue ‘exactly as before’, the CEO of Trion Worlds has pledged, following the cancellation of its TV counterpart. The sci-fi show has been dropped by US network Syfy after three seasons, having premiered in April 2013 – two weeks after developer Trion Worlds’ interconnecting MMO …
Read More »Players banned for life as another match-fixing scandal rocks Korean StarCraft
Twelve people have been indicted by Korean authorities for match-fixing in StarCraft 2, including two pro players and head coach of PRIME, Park "Gerrard" Wae-Sik. Choi "YoDa" Byeon-Heon (pictured) and Choi "BBoongBBoong" Jong-Hyuk (AKA B4) have been handed lifetime bans by the Korean e-Sports Association (KeSPA) and arrested by police. …
Read More »Fantasy fights and sham shoot-ups lure investors to E-sports stocks
Paying to watch people play computer games may seem curious to some, but it is catching on not only in sporting arenas but also on the stock market and business world. While many financiers have been glued to the Rugby World Cup, London has also hosted the equally competitive, if …
Read More »ThinkBox, Axis Animation and IHS Technology to talk at London Games Conference
Three more speakers have been confirmed for London Games Conference 2015, which takes place on Thursday November 19th at the Congress Centre in London. Axis Animation co-founder & creative director Stuart Aitken ?will be? talking about narrative in game trailers and their work on the original, seminal Dead Island trailer. …
Read More »FIFA spends fourth week at No.1, Uncharted still second
Football blockbuster FIFA 16 has now spent one month in first place in the UK Top 40. EA’s game is at the head of a Top Four that remains entirely unchanged from last week. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is still No.2 in spite of a 50 per cent drop …
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