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Current Windows 10 exclusive Quantum Break will be released on Steam next month. The game, formerly believed to be an Xbox One exclusive, was announced for PC in February. Back then it was a Windows Store and Windows 10 exclusive. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did subsequently say that the …
Read More »The Best Goals From Rocket League’s Championship Finals
To call it a showdown is understating it a bit. The first Rocket League Championship Series finals took place over the weekend, and it was a battle of the best – the most notorious names in Rocket League – as NA faced off against EU. The road to the grand …
Read More »The casually triumphant pageantry of The International 6
Yesterday, Valve kicked off the first day of The International 2016 main event with an opening ceremony that was somehow both flamboyant and low-key. A large but unimposing figure in the shape of Gabe Newell, the company’s co-founder and managing director, strutted sheepishly onto the stage while Dota 2‘s theme …
Read More »UK boxed video games market suffers worst month on record
In a month where Pokmon Go dominated the media, sales of boxed video games plunged to an all-time low. 21.4m was spent on physical video games in the UK during July – the lowest figure ever reported. The previous low happened in July 2013, when the market made just 23m. …
Read More »Did we just witness the biggest upset in Dota history?
"If we win this, we’ll be one of the first who came in as the top dogs and actually won the whole thing," Tal "Fly" Aizik told me with his signature confidence ahead of OG’s Upper Bracket match this past weekend. "Like, Secret last year, they looked great, then failed …
Read More »Should eSports be in the Olympics?
In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin stood in front of a gathering of international sporting officials and proposed to change the world. Born into a French aristocratic family, Coubertin enjoyed the fruits of a high-class education. But instead of a career in politics or the military, he spent his life dedicated …
Read More »Millionaires in the making: Record-setting $20M esports purse
At over $20 million and climbing, the sixth International has the single largest purse in esports history. The International, Dota 2’s premier tournament, is essentially an esports World Cup. Teams gather from around the world to compete for the top prize—almost $9 million this year—and TI6 continues the tournament’s record-breaking …
Read More »Pokémon fan game released on PC after almost a decade of development
Pokemon Uranium introduces more than 150 new monsters, three player characters, online battling and trading, and the new Tandor region
Read More »Unity to relocate Brighton office
Engine firm will operate from city’s new tech hub CityView
Read More »Take-Two, Ubisoft, Facebook and Studio Wildcard headline the free MCV Gamescom special
This week’s bumper MCV has everything you need to prepare for Gamescom 2016. And it can be read, for free, right here. Show organisers Koelnmesse share what is new about this year’s event, meanwhile, members of the UK games industry share their tips and advice for getting the most out …
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