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The greatest game in the world is Dota 2, and the greatest event in the Dota 2 calendar is The International. Sixteen teams meet at Seattle’s KeyArena to compete for a share of the tournament’s $20,770,460 prize pool. The winning team takes home a cool $9.1 million. Read more on …

There has been a number of high profile injuries in esports over the last couple of months across various competitive titles. So how can it be stopped? The subject of being injured through esports is a subject often mocked by those who don’t understand or appreciate the hours put in …

Epic Games has launched the free open beta for its new third-person perspective PC and PlayStation 4 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, Paragon. While the game has no official release date, it’s the first big step towards building a large player base and community for the 5v5 MOBA. If …

Bethesda owner ZeniMax has amended its lawsuit with Oculus to include accusations of theft and deception. Game Informer reports that the company now alleges that id Software co-founder and Oculus’ current chief technology Carmack copied thousands of documents from a computer at ZeniMax to a USB storage device” that were …

The mobile games industry continues to grow, with downloads far outstretching those in any other category. VentureBeatgot an early glimpse at a new report from Sensor Tower that shows the games sector grew by 22 per cent across iOS and Google Play in the three months ending June 30th, which …

Little Nightmares bags Indie award, while Battlefield 1 takes consumer prize

Major League Baseball team the Seattle Mariners is no longer owned by Nintendo. The platform holder had held a majority stake in the outfit for almost a quarter of a century, but announced in April plans to offload its interest. GameSpot reports that the agreements have now been finalised, leaving …

Google has announced it has begun the evolution away from the Chrome apps platform”, with plans to shut the entire initiative down by 2018. Chrome apps were launched three years ago and presented games developers with an alternative way to create browser-based titles. However, advances in the web’s capabilities plus …

Microsoft’s decision to bring Xbox exclusives to PC does not diminish the role of Xbox. That’s according to Xbox planning executive, who told the Inner Circle podcast, as reported by GameSpot, that the arguments some have made in regard to the strategy online are not reflective of how actual consumers …

Micro studios leading the way according to trade body’s latest report