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Riot has announced the NA Scouting Grounds, a new event designed to give amateur League of Legends players a shot at the pro leagues. Breaking into the LCS and challenger series has been reasonably difficult for NA talent over the years, thanks to an established old guard and the influx …

Cloud9 has signed Elliot "Ally" Bastien Carroza-Oyarce, the current EVO champion of Smash Bros WiI U. Ally has had his best ever year in 2016, winning EVO and taking first in multiple other events, including the eGames pop up event in Rio last week. Signing for a top organization such …

Team Dignitas has signed the former Creation eSports Overwatch team, as the organisation enters Blizzard’s shooter for the first time. Dignitas has paid an undisclosed fee for the team, although a statement from Creation eSports mentioned that the team’s contracts were up for renewal soon. "We saw the great potential …

Title is also designed to help entertain young patients during long hospital stays and difficult treatments

New firm Viaan Studios aims to deliver free-to-play games for India, premium for the rest of the world

Darrell Rodriguez heads up augmented reality firm, Disney’s Steve Parkis joins as COO

Team will be led from Los Angeles, investigate the impact of VR on games, TV and film

For the first time since October 2015, Xbox One has beat PS4 in the monthly US sales race. This comes on the back of some heavy discounting to the console as Microsoft cleared stock ahead of the launch of the Xbox One S earlier this month. Sales of the machine …

It may have the number ‘2′ after its name, but Respawn is treating its Titanfall sequel like a new IP. Speaking to MCV @ Gamescom, the studio’s COO Dusty Welch and art director Joel Emslie said that, as a result of the original Titanfall not launching on PS4, the franchise’s …

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