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Group stages encourage extreme thinking. On one hand there are top seeds that are most likely to advance at Worlds and contend for the championship, and on the other hand there are likely losers. Some teams appear to be there to get beat up by better teams that actually have …

The Brooklyn Beatdown will be ESL’s first Street Fighter LAN event, and the long-standing esports production company is leaning on the community to make sure it runs smoothly. When it comes to their live events, ESL is traditionally known for large-scale, closed tournaments. But when it came to working with …

Contest aims to help grow region’s indie scene, devs will retain full rights and revenues from their games

Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney talks about the firm’s efforts to blend the virtual world and reality, how indies can be built into businesses

When Watch Dogs arrived in May 2014, it was the biggest IP launch of all time. From the moment it was unveiled at E3 2012, it had an almost unobtainable level of hype and expectation surrounding it. Ubisoft ended up releasing an excellent action game, but it wasn’t quite enough …

South African studio relocates to Mauritius to work on Genital Jousting and other projects

Mobile developer’s demise due to client exiting games market

Microsoft's OS reaches milestone six months faster than Windows 7

Clash Royale dev embarks on long-term partnership with studio behind the Badland series

The Philadelphia 76ers have acquired controlling stakes in both Team Dignitas and Team Apex and have merged the two organisations together. This new super organisation will function under the Team Dignitas name, and will feature all of the remaining teams currently under contract with both teams. This includes the Apex …