How do you spot a cheat? How do you look at a match and say with certainty that it’s been fixed, that the results could not have been the outcome of a fair competition? How does a player watch a match between, say, the mediocre Russian Dota 2 organizations Fantastic Five and Team Bad English and determine that the play style of the losing team wasn’t just bad or unlucky but in fact the result of that gambling buzzword, famed of boxing rings and horse races: match fixing?
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[Industry news] Ubisoft backs IG50 Awards as Into Games opens applications for 2026 cohort
UK games charity Into Games has today opened applications for IG50 2026, its annual programme that recognises 50 of the most talented yet-to-be-hired people in UK games from working-class and low-income backgrounds. The announcement comes as Ubisoft joins as the headline sponsor and as Into Games confirms that 11 winners from the previous 2025 cohort have been placed in paid roles in the UK games industry through its Boost placement programme.

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