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It’s the week before E3, which means one thing – it’s prime leak time. First off, Gematsu reports that Bethesda is expected to announce a PS4 and Xbox One remaster of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. A Bethesda remaster of some sort was originally touted by Shinobi602, whose claim earlier …
Read More »Gfinity set to host the Gillette Championship, a £15,000 PES tournament
Today Gfinity and Gillette have announced the Gillette Championship, a Pro Evolution Soccer tournament with a 15,000 prize pool. The competition will see the best players of Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 on PS4 battle it out across 24 qualifiers and a live finals that will be held in London. The …
Read More »Faker: "In either of today’s games, I didn’t think I was going to die once."
SK Telecom T1 demolished KT Rolster in a 2-0 win in Saturday’s League Champions Korea match, and almost as expected from the undisputed king of League of Legends, Lee Faker” Sang-Hyeok walked away as MVP for both games. Dealing three times the damage of nearly every other player in the …
Read More »Battleborn is a cautionary tale for developers jumping on the esports bandwagon
Maybe Battleborn was doomed from the start. It seems every developer on Earth is developing a fun, colorful arena shooter with MOBA elements and a lot of esports aspirations. It’s just that with Battleborn, Gearbox had particularly bad timing, releasing its game right alongside Overwatch. Blizzard’s giddy, tactile first-person shooter …
Read More »Seize the day: OG at the Manila Majors
Don’t call it a comeback for OG. The surprise victors of the Frankfurt Major are coming into Manila with a chip on their shoulder after a seventh/eighth place finish in Shanghai. In the weeks and months since that, all eyes have been on this team to see which OG will …
Read More »How a gaming ‘Fnatic’ built an eSports empire
It’s crunch time. The clock is ticking down, the score is all wrong and the majority of the 16,000-strong crowd starts to cheer against them. The world’s best team is up against it. Led by the world’s best player, they somehow pull off a comeback—of course, they do—and defeat the …
Read More »Let’s not write Heroes’ eulogy just yet
It’s been a day of hot takes. Spurred on by a disheartening interview with MVP Black’s coach Kim where he discusses the possibility that the current World Champions will stop playing Heroes, opinions have flooded in about the future of the game’s competitive scene. HotS esports is dying, some said. …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn slips to 2017
One of the best looking upcoming PS4 exclusives won’t be released this year. Sony has confirmed a March 3rd 2017 release for the game in the UK, following a US release on February 28th. Such a delay had been rumoured by online tipster shinobi602 earlier this year, who alluded – …
Read More »Yooka-Laylee delayed to 2017; Playtonic internally handling Wii U and PC versions
Fans of 1990s hit Banjo-Kazooie will have to wait a little bit longer for its spiritual sequel. Yooka-Laylee will now arrive in Q1 next year for PC, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One, developer Playtonic says. The studio also detailed how the development partnership with Team17 is working. The firm …
Read More »Hard Reset Redux faces ‘downgrade’ accusations
The developer of Hard Reset Redux has addressed concerns that the remastered first-person shooter has suffered a visual ‘downgrade’ from the original game. Flying Wild Hog was attacked onRedditand theSteam forumsby a number of players unhappy with what they perceived as ‘lackluster’ visuals. The new Dynamic system used in Redux …
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