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The biggest event of the League of Legends calendar is finally underway, and the action at Worlds has already been outstanding. Teams no one thought stood a chance have taken games off the top competitors, while teams that some predicted would go far have stumbled, and there have been more …

Once in a blue (buff) moon, Riot decides to really buckle down and create a jungle-specific champion. The last one we got was Rek’Sai and the time before that, well, let’s just say jungle was the role for rejected top lane champions. But with League’s newest jungler, Ivern, we are …

Last week, Hearthstone’s latest set of card changes were announced. Targeting some of the most oppressive and powerful decks in the game these nerfs could well change the game significantly ahead of the $1 million Hearthstone World Championship. Read more on The Daily Dot >>>

Steve Aoki just became the owner of an eSports team … and he’s crossing his fingers the investment’s worth it.We got Steve out in NYC where he told us about his fresh partnership with the Vegas gaming org. Rogue, which he says is "crushing it" in the 1st-person shooter Overwatch. …

PlayStation VR predicted nearly five times as many units sold as the HTC Vive

UK indie publisher Curve Digital is making moves into America. The company has just opened a brand new US office in San Francisco in attempt to improve its presence on that side of the pond. Curve’s American arm is hiring for marketing and developer relations staff. I am delighted to …

Microsoft has announced yet more Xbox One S hardware bundles for the UK, and this time they feature limited edition coloured versions of the machine. A 500GB FIFA 17 bundle in Storm Grey will be available for 249.99 exclusively at GAME, while a Deep Blue version will be exclusive to …

Great news for virtual reality streamers and developers

After years of hype and promise, VR finally became a reality for consumers in 2016. The year kicked off with the PC-based and expensive Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets rolling out. And in just a few weeks virtual reality is coming to the console space in the form of …

Upcoming 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee will get a physical boxed edition at launch. In a development update the Playtonic team confirmed that Yooka-Laylee will be available physically as well as digitally when it launches early next year. Furthermore Kickstarter backers will be able to upgrade their digital pledge to a physical …