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TinyBuild says G2A’s ‘fraud economy’ has cost it $450k

Indie developer TinyBuild has revealed that it lost nearly half a million dollars in sales for its games to key selling website G2A. Detailing the Punch Club, SpeedRunners and Party Hard creator’s dealings with the grey code marketplace on itsblog, TinyBuild’s Alex Nichiporchik posted figures based on numbers released by …

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Women in Games new CEO on how she intends to improve diversity in the industry

As the new CEO of Women in Games, Marie-Claire Isaaman hopes to be part of the movement leading to gender equality in the games industry. But actually she has already done her fair share of work to improve diversity, as a researcher and education consultant in games at the Norwich …

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Huni: ‘When I played League at first, I was bronze’

When I sat down with Immortals’ top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon for a post-game interview, it started like any other. The charismatic import from Korea talked about his team’s victory over the rookie upstarts from Team Envy, saying how "crazy" game two of the series was. After a number of …

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The Thorin Treatment – 17 Years and Counting

17 years ago to the day the first beta of Counter-Strike (CS) was released. What could have just been another mod among many quickly eclipsed the game it was modifying and became a cultural phenomenon in gaming on a scale never before witnessed. Read more on Gamurs >>>

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Condition Zero: Why Smash 4’s top dog isn’t out just yet

Champion. God. Undefeatable. Throughout the duration of Smash 4’s lifespan, Gonzalo ZeRo” Barrios has been referred to as all of these and more. With 55 consecutive tournament-win victories, he’s been the game’s top dog for the longest amount of time. Read more on Splyce >>>

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All of Hearthstone’s ‘Wow’ emotes ranked

In the world of Hearthstone, meta doesn’t just refer to the cards and decklists—the emotes have a ranking all of their own. So, as part of our aim to bring you the most crucial Hearthstone coverage on the internet, a few months ago we ranked all the emotes currently in …

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Owners of professional video game teams in a battle of their own

Months after Susan Tully and friends bought a pair of professional video game teams for an estimated $1 million, her four-man Call of Duty” squad finished its season in 11th out of 12 places. A loss in a post-season gunfight would relegate Tully’s H2K squad to the second-tier league. There, …

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2017 Smite World Championships to take place at new Hi-Rez Expo

The 2017 Smite World Championships will take place between January 5th and January 8th at the new Hi-Rez Expo. Located in the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, the new event will replace the usual World Championships but will still play host to the PC and Xbox One …

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GameStop says NX will use physical media

Leading US retailer GameStop has seemingly put to bed rumours that Nintendo’s NX may ditch physical media. "It will have physical media, we will play a role in it, our pre-owned business will also play a role. So we’re excited about that," CEO Paul Raines told investors, as reported by …

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