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After being relegated from the NA LCS just a few days ago, NRG eSports has lost all of its League of Legends players. According to a report from ESPN, NRG’s contracts permitted lawful termination if the team was relegated. This means that NRG currently has no League of Legends players …

Controversial eSports organisation Team YP has signed its first Overwatch roster. The new team features members of the former Team YP Evolve team, who were widely considered to be one of the best in the world. Team captain Chairil Nightwane” Djoehana, Ronny Roon” Feuz and David Spanners” Morley all made …

The 2TB version of the new Xbox One S has already completely sold out in the UK, boosting sales of the console by more than 75 per cent last week. UK retailers told MCV that stock for the machine was tight, although Xbox will release more 2TB machines in the …

One of the most populated countries in the world, the Philippines is seeing local studios break onto the global games stage – even as the industry continues to struggle to gain traction back home. Develop catches up with developers, service firms and industry organisations in the country

Nvidia senior developer technology engineer Jon Story explains the method behind the graphics specialist’s new shadow technique and reveals how devs can make use of it in their own games

$6.99 Pocket Edition comes in at number 31 behind Clash of Clans, Pokémon Go, Hearthstone and more

In the face of growing competition, Twitch is still the streaming space’s market leader and this is helped by its pro-gaming content. We speak to eSports boss Nick Allen about staying at the top How would assess 2016 so far for Twitch? With the eSports partnerships we’ve entered into this …

Developer-publisher also looking to expand into virtual reality and eSports

If you ask people who are not into competitive gaming where you can watch eSports matches, there’s a high probability only one name will be cited: Twitch. But there’s actually much more out there than just the Amazon-owned streaming platform. Azubu, DingIt, YouTube Gaming, MLG.tv, Facebook, the BBC, Ginx… These …

The Little Acre developer signs to Curve Digital for Greenlit adventure game