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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 …
Read More »London Games Festival 2017 kicks off March 30th
Put the date in the diary, London Games Festival 2017 will run from March 30th to April 9th. The event will kick off with EGX Rezzed at the Tobacco Docks, while the week will also feature the BAFTA Games Awards, which will take place on April 6th. Other events include …
Read More »BioShock creator Ken Levine to deliver EGX Rezzed keynote
Ken Levine will headline next year’s EGX Rezzed on Thursday, March 30th. Levine is the man behind the BioShock series and details of his talk will be revealed ‘soon’. He is currently working on an unannounced narrative-driven game for Take-Two. Levine is one of the original creators of 1998’s Thief: …
Read More »This Is Pop teams with PETA and The Smiths to develop Meat Is Murder game
Band’s frontman Morrissey describes pro-veganism title as ‘the biggest social crusade of all, as we safeguard the weak and helpless from violent human aggression’
Read More »Games Media Awards Past Winners: Simon Parkin’s 2015 Double-Whammy
As we head towards the tenth Games Media Awards on October 11th, we continue our retrospective of past winners. Today we speak to Simon Parkin, who picked up two awards last year – being named as Features Writer and Mainstream Voice. How did you first get into the games media? …
Read More »No more 2TB Xbox Ones S for now, Microsoft confirms
Those who are yet to put their hands on a 2TB Xbox One S may be out of luck. Reports emerged earlier this week claiming that the launch supply of the hard to find machine may be all we’re getting. GameSpot has now had this confirmed directly from Microsoft. "The …
Read More »Bethesda not keen on Skyrim or Fallout movie adaptations
It doesn’t sound as if Bethesda will be following the likes of Ubisoft, Activision and Sony into the movie sector. Speaking to Finder, Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP Pete Hines was asked about the possibility of turning IP such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout or Dishonored into motion pictures. We get …
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