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This week, we talked to Ready at Dawn’s president Ru Weerasuriya about new title Deformers and the studio’s partnership with GameStop’s publishing arm. We also had a chat with Debbie Betswick, Jenny Richard-Stewart, Jo Twist and Pauline Jacquey about how the games industry can help improve its diversity problem. Elsewhere, …
Read More »Ready at Dawn’s Deformers is GameStop’s next exclusive game
The team behind The Order: 1886 has unveiled its next project, and it will be published by GameStop. The retailer’s publishing arm GameTrust will co-publish Deformers with developer Ready at Dawn. The studio says that it will handle the project’s development, while GameStop will manage distribution and marketing. The studio …
Read More »Fnatic, Astralis and NiP all heading to Wembley this month for ECS CS:GO finals
Some of the biggest names in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are heading to the SSE Arena in Wembley later this month to compete in the Esports Championship Series LAN finals. From the European side of the competition Fnatic, Astralis, Ninjas in Pyjamas and G2 Esports all qualified for the LAN. While …
Read More »Gameloft’s Guillemot stepping down to help protect Ubisoft from Vivendi
Michel Guillemot intends to quit Gameloft after its shareholders backed the hostile takeover at the hands of Vivendi. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that Vivendi now controls 56 per cent of Gameloft voting rights and will appoint a director majority at the company’s AGM at the end of the …
Read More »Rocket League has made $110m
Car-football title Rocket League continues to be a smash hit for developer Psyonix. Speaking to Forbes, the studio’s VP of comms Jeremy Dunham aid that the game has raked in an impressive $110m in sales. That does not count the times it was downloaded on PlayStation Plus on its launch. …
Read More »What Overwatch needs to succeed as an esport
No doubt about it: Overwatch is a great competitive video game. It’s spectacularly polished, boasts a huge, well-balanced cast of colorful heroes, and features modes built perfectly for nail-bitingly close endings. But I’m not certain it will be able to sustain itself as an esport. Read more on Yahoo eSports …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We are betting on the Universal Windows Platform’
Company pledges ‘openness’ in controversial platform, says HoloLens ‘built with UWP in mind’ and hints at further connectivity between PC and Xbox
Read More »Potential Tencent-Supercell deal would take mobile esports to the next level
The Chinese investment company Tencent, better known as the owners of Riot Games and others, is in discussion to buy a majority stake in Supercell Oy, the Finland-based developer of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read more on the eSports Observer >>>
Read More »Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner talks hosting a Major
The build-up is nearly over and the hype and excitement is sweeping through the Dota community. Valve’s first Major to hit the Philippines is now imminent. It feels like an age ago that we saw Team Secret win convincingly in Shanghai, where the great quality Dota 2 was marred by …
Read More »When Winners Lose: The psychology of falling apart at a Major
It was only a few months ago that China collapsed at The Shanghai Major. Despite having three of the top four teams at The International, not a single team finished in the Top 8 at Shanghai, an unprecedented decline for the region’s Dota rankings. Read more on theScore eSports >>>
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