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The UK government has announced the 23 British developers awarded in its second round of UK Games Fund winners. The Fund is a four-year initiative to support the UK development community, and provides recipients with grants of up to 50,000 to bring their game projects to market and grow their …
Read More »Report: Money generated in Steam Summer Sale up 43% year-on-year
Consumers spent $68m more in this year’s Steam Summer Sale than 2015’s. That’s according to analytics site Steam Spy on Twitter (below), which claims that gamers spent $228m compared with last year’s $160m. That’s a 42.5 per cent increase. Note that Steam Spy figures – by its own admission – …
Read More »GAME opens first in-store eSports zone
High street retailer GAME added an area dedicated to competitive gaming to its Manchester Trafford Centre store. Announced via its corporate site, GAME has said that this space – which launches today (Thursday, July 7th) – features 10 Overclockers gaming PCs and a VR pod. GAME is looking to run …
Read More »Develop Awards 2016 Partner Spotlight: Testronic
COO of the localisation specialist, Keith Ramsdale, reflects on the impact VR, AR, eSports and the rise of freemium have had on the development sector
Read More »The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting the Game of the Year edition treatment
Developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed that a Game of the Year version of The Witcher 3 is on the way. The existence of a Game of the Year edition was first leaked following in a listing on German age-rating board USK for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The title’s …
Read More »TmarTn’s CSGO lotto apology roundly criticised, then pulled
One of the YouTubers at the centre of the current CSGO gambling controversy has posted, and subsequently pulled, an apology for his deception. In the video, a re-uploaded version of which can be seen below, Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin claims to be sorry for not making his relationship with CSGO Lotto …
Read More »Building the Crescendo: an interview with King Caffeine
After a run of poor results during the summer leg of the Heroes of the Storm Global Circuit, the former world champion team Cloud9 has disbanded. Both Kun iDream” Fang and Derek DunkTrain” Arabian have retired from competitive play, leaving Keiwan k1pro” Itakura and John Paul King Caffeine” Lopez to …
Read More »Does Overwatch’s new Skill Rating undervalue supports and tanks?
The new competitive mode in Overwatch went live just a few days ago, and everyone’s grinding for their golden guns. The mode uses a new Skill Rating metric to rank players, with higher ratings earning more points towards buying special cosmetic rewards at the end of the season. The Rating, …
Read More »Friendlies: Bear, the Bear Necessity of Smash 4
Smash 4 has been a curiosity in the world of fighting games. By all measures, Smash 4 should be an eSports success story. Viewership numbers are strong, and tournaments of all sizes garner impressive numbers of participants. But despite all of that, Smash 4 hasn’t garnered the public acclaim from …
Read More »Examining Call of Duty World League’s controversial decisions
Following yet another battle plagued with lag, OpTic Gaming fell to Luminosity 3-1 on Tuesday, June 28. Denied a replay by an admin, Damon "Karma" Barlow and Ian "Crimsix" Porter had enough, taking to social media to express their frustrations. Read more on ESPN >>>
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