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The past few months have seen a meaningful surge in coverage surrounding the betting side of the esports industry, and it hasn’t been pretty. Back in April, Bloomberg published a significant investigative piece detailing the scope of the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive skin betting marketplace and many of the issues stemming …
Read More »The true cost of Counter-Strike skin gambling
When Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gamblers talk about the money they’ve lost, their stories follow a familiar pattern. The CS: GO player says he (usually we’re talking about a young man or a boy) developed an interest in collecting virtual in-game items, known as skins. He was also attracted to professional …
Read More »As North American League thrives with new best-of-3 format, will Europe follow?
When Riot Games announced the League Championship Series in 2012, bringing a fully professional league run by the company to North America and Europe, amongst the many other decisions made one that probably did not attract much attention at the time: the regular season would be made up of single-game …
Read More »ZeRo: "The issue with Evo is that we feel as a community that they don’t care about us as other titles."
Gonzalo ZeRo” Barrios is the most famous name in Smash 4, and he’s been a topic of conversation even more than usual in recent months. ZeRo, the king of Smash 4, is best known for his winning streak of more than 50 tournaments. But 2016 has been a struggle at …
Read More »Visceral’s Star Wars game is aiming for ‘swash-buckling charm’
The creative director of EA and Visceral Games’ Star Wars action title has likened it to the Uncharted series. Amy Hennig, who previously worked on the Uncharted series, offered some insight into the project at a panel at this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration, as reported by GameSpot. "The process that …
Read More »Microsoft confirms August 2nd launch for 2TB Xbox One S
The Xbox One S will debut on August 2nd, Microsoft has now confirmed. That day will only see the launch of the most expensive version, however – the 350 2TB SKU. There’s no word yet on the launch dates of either the 300 1TB model or the 250 500GB machine. …
Read More »Server issues hold off Pokemon Go’s Japanese launch
The birthplace of Pokemon is still waiting for the biggest release in the series to arrive at its homeland. Having launched in the US earlier this month and in the UK and much of Europe last week, there’s still no firm indication when Pokemon Go will celebrate its Japanese launch. …
Read More »Trials of Tatooine arriving on HTC Vive today for free
The Force is strong with this one. Back in March, ILM revealed an upcoming Star Wars virtual reality experience called Trials of Tatooine that would, for the first time, actually give folk the chance to swoosh about a lightsaber in a virtual world. Will is pretty much all we’ve ever …
Read More »TIGA release Brexit survival guide for UK government
20-page report recommends policies to help retain talent, protect IP and grow British games businesses
Read More »Games Media Awards 2016: How to enter
There are 12 different prizes up for grabs at this year’s Games Media Awards, and here’s how you can put yourself forward for consideration. Below, we’ve written a breakdown for each award – who is eligible, how to enter, the criteria and the judging process. Throughout we’re also asking for …
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