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‘The fact that the movie industry hasn't collapsed despite releasing box office numbers gives me faith that the games industry will survive as well,' insists creator Sergey Galyonkin

Valve has dismissed suggestions that it has relaxed the refund restrictions for the Steam version of No Man’s Sky. Parts of the internet have over the weekend started to argue that Valve was being more lenient with the Hello Games title than it is with typical releases. This is based …

2D titles find a new home at Jools Watsham’s Atooi, while 3D games will move to Gregg Hargrove’s outlet Infitizmo

Ian Milham also helped head up Battlefield 4 and Hardline during his 10-plus years working at EA

High Street retailer GAME has appointed a new chief operating officer. Guy Lister joins from shoe firm Office, where he served as chief customer and marketing officer. He previously held roles at New Look, River Island, and Marks and Spencer. The company has also announced that Charlotte Knight, GAME’s UK …

September 7th looks like a day to keep clear if you’re one to follow tech announcements. Apple has sent out invitations for a San Francisco event on that date, at which it will almost certainly reveal the next iteration of its revolutionary iPhone series, and possibly a new Apple Watch. …

This past weekend at the third Insomnia Truesilver Championship we finally got see the One Night in Karazhan’s coming out party in competitive Hearthstone. Jan Ekop” Palys ended up coming out on top over Sebastian Xixo” Bentert — who seemingly can’t miss the elimination rounds of a tournament — in …

I wrote four months ago that Nikola NiKo” Kova? had no outs. Despite being considered among the best players (if not the best) in the world, he had no chance to win a big tournament. He had done everything he could. He dragged a team to heights farther than anyone …

Fifteen years ago may not seem like a long time, but in competitive video gaming, it’s a lifetime. An industry that’s butterflied into its adolescence and exploded over the past two years was once tiny and in its infancy, despite the common belief that it only just begun. For Paul …

This weekend in Toronto, Team SoloMid defeated Cloud9 in the 2016 Summer NA LCS Finals three games to one. While the result was important, one other aspect of the weekend stood above the rest: Canada was all about it. Read more on The Rift Herald >>>