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Until Snake’s near-miraculous run at the Regional Qualifier this year, the longest day of matches for any team in Chinese League of Legends esports was Sept. 8, 2013, the day Royal Club Huang Zu played nine straight games to qualify for the 2013 World Championship as China’s first seed. In …

A year and a half ago a small team at Riot Games, the makers of League of Legends, were set to release a board game. But one fateful meeting with an outside consultant took the project in a new direction. In the end, it would require more than double the …

Another year, another International and another post-tournament roster shuffle – and OG’s one of the surprising teams to be shaking things up.Known for their stability and Major wins, OG didn’t quite hit the standards expected at this year’s International, but they’re not bowing out. Instead, the team has gone back …

Team Liquid has announced its new Dota 2 roster along with bringing on AOC as a sponsor. The new Dota roster sees Lasse "MATUMBAMAN" Urpalainen, Ivan "MinD_ContRoL" Borislavov and Kuro "KuroKy" Salehi Takhasomi stay with the organisation, while Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi and Kanishka ‘Sam’ "BuLba" Sosale have joined the team. …

Both Alliance and Evil Geniuses have revealed new Dota 2 teams, after rumours that both organisations were closing down. A few weeks ago it was rumoured that both Evil Geniuses and Alliance, two teams owned by Twitch/Amazon, would be closing their doors after founder Alex Garfield left the company. However …

Forum to launch in early 2017, and devs will be better collaborate from within repositories

Nintendo has said that "excitement for the Pokemon brand" is behind an ongoing resurgence in 3DS hardware sales in the US. Speaking of the North American NPD sales numbers for August, the platform holder has revealed that sales of lower-price 2DS, whose current RRP stands at just $80, were up …

And you thought Twitch Plays beating Dark Souls was impressive? As part of the promotional drive for Pure Chess, the hive mind of Twitch was pitted against British grandmaster Simon Williams, Rock Paper Shotgun reports. No contest, you’d think? Well, Williams won the first two games, the second of which …

Aardvark Swift asks developers whether they see longevity in the much-talked about tech

The boss of Sony Worldwide Studios has admitted that mistakes were made in the marketing of PS4 and PC release No Man’s Sky. The much anticipated title has been beset by an unprecedented amount of criticism amid accusations that it failed to deliver on many of the promises made about …