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60 places are now available to take part in the annual GamesAid Poker Tournament at Develop. The game is Texas Hold ‘Em No Limit with a 50 buy-in and, to participate, you can register on the tournament’s Just Giving page. The event will take place next Tuesday (July 12th) in …
Read More »OnePlus 3 price increased due to Brexit pound slump
Smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has said that it is increasing the price of its upcoming OnePlus 3 as a result of the pound’s plummeting post-Brexit value. The handset had been due to go on sale for 309, but will now retail for 329 upon its release on July 11th. We’ve seen …
Read More »FalleN on joining SK: ‘We want to add to the legacy’
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo is the in-game leader and AWPer for SK Gaming and is a legend within the Counter-Strike community, who furthered his legacy after winning MLG Major Championship: Columbus. Read more on theScore eSports >>>
Read More »Taken for granted: A look ahead to Cologne
As a young man, I frequented many racing circuits around the UK, but mainly Brands Hatch. It was relatively close by and I could ride my motorbike along winding roads to reach it, often at ridiculous speeds compared to the road quality. I was and am a racing junky. I …
Read More »Marty Strenczewilk, co-founder of Splyce.gg, talks eSports, Overwatch, and Broadway
A few years ago Marty Strenczewilk had a problem; he wanted to watch Hearthstone tournaments but had a hard time finding out when they took place. So Marty began thinking of a way to solve his problem. He pitched his solution idea to a friend, recruited his wife to help, …
Read More »Making the waters a little more attractive: The big structural changes that eSports needs to make if it wishes to attract investors
In our last article we discussed the disproportion of eSports, given its viewership (and its relative young-ness) it should be growing at a much larger rate than it currently is. I believe that one of the two major problems impeding eSports proper growth is this: the inability for franchises, or …
Read More »The trouble with transparency in Valve’s Dota 2 invites
The International 2016’s qualifiers are over. The 18 teams who will travel to Seattle are set. At this time of the year, the building anticipation has the power to stall all other discussions in the Dota 2 world. Unfortunately, that includes the discussion of how we got here: How Valve …
Read More »Keywords sponsors Develop Awards drinks reception and after-party
Localisation specialist will host official follow-up to celebration of the development sector on Wednesday July 13th
Read More »The new eSports Integrity Coalition aims to end match fixing and doping
Earlier today the eSports Integrity Coalition was announced, which aims to end match fixing, doping and cheating in general in the eSports world. ESIC is a non profit association that has been formed to try and prevent cheating in eSports, and more specifically any kind of cheating or fraud that …
Read More »Wheelchair option coming to Xbox avatars
Microsoft has revealed that Xbox users will soon have the option to have their avatars use a wheelchair. The confirmation came first from Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who replied to a Twitter user to state that the company was working on the idea. Fellow Xbox exec Mike Ybarra then chipped …
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