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Oculus is hoping to change with world with the power of VR, having launched a new initiative designed to encourage social change through virtual reality experiences. The VR for Good campaign is currently tilted towards filmmakers, with two new programmes – the 360 Filmmakers Challenge for Students and the 360 …
Read More »Nearly 1m Xbox Live Gamertags will be cleared for sale tomorrow
Gamertags associated with long-forgotten Xbox Live accounts will be offered for sale tomorrow. One million of them, which have been sourced from original Xbox accounts that never migrated over to the Xbox 360, will on May 18th be available to those who have had an active Xbox Live subscription for …
Read More »League Of Legends MSI 2016 Finals: The Winners Are…
The final of League of Legends’ Mid Season Invitational saw Counter Logic Gaming represent North America (a milestone in Riot tournament progession for the region) against South Korea’s SK Telecom T1. But would LoL wunderkind Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok get to complete his trophy collection with an MSI win or would …
Read More »CS:GO’s ESL Pro League finals put France and Brazil on top
When I say G, you say TWO!” G!” TWO!” G!” TWO!” An English crowd cheering the French would be all but unheard of in most sports. Even here in CS:GO, where Europe holds a strong sense of solidarity, it still came as quite the surprise. Nevertheless, hearing the crowd erupting …
Read More »James Lampkin: ‘Because of the way we built WESA, it doesn’t allow for ESL to stomp around’
It was one of the better kept secrets in esports—an industry notorious for its leaks. Until May 10, no-one had publicly uttered the acronym WESA—quite a feat given the number of parties involved. Then, a well-meaning employee of a commercial printing firm took to Reddit to share the results of …
Read More »Science shows that eSports professionals are real athletes
Scientists at the German Sports University have conducted a study of eSports athletes and they were surprised by their results. They found that they are exposed to physical strains similar to those of "normal" athletes. Professor Ingo Frobse began studying eSports athletes five years ago. This made Frobse something of …
Read More »Bud Light All-Stars is a missed opportunity
DreamHack Austin marked the beginning of Bud Light’s first venture into esports. It also marked the end of any hope that Bud Light’s first venture into esports would be any good. When the beer brand announced two weeks ago that it would make an esports play, there was hope that …
Read More »There’s a petition to remove Washington Post’s Uncharted 4 score from Metacritic
Change.org has been home to many a noble venture, but perhaps this is the most heroic of all. Washington Post’s review of PS4 action title Uncharted 4, which was titled This four-part series should have ended after Part One”, was not very positive. It ended: A Thief’s End is less …
Read More »‘The advice for any aspiring developer is the same: study’
Develop catches up with CV Bay business development director Harry Vlahakis to ask about the firm’s work in games recruitment over the last decade, helping both aspiring devs and established studios
Read More »350,000 Mega Drive titles sold on Steam since mod hub launch
Nearly 20 years on from its discontinuation, the Mega Drive is making money again. Sega last month released a new retro hub for its Mega Drive library on Steam for PC. Among the new features was mod support, opening up the library to the enthusiastic PC modding community. And it …
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