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At over $20 million and climbing, the sixth International has the single largest purse in esports history. The International, Dota 2’s premier tournament, is essentially an esports World Cup. Teams gather from around the world to compete for the top prize—almost $9 million this year—and TI6 continues the tournament’s record-breaking …

Pokemon Uranium introduces more than 150 new monsters, three player characters, online battling and trading, and the new Tandor region

Engine firm will operate from city’s new tech hub CityView

This week’s bumper MCV has everything you need to prepare for Gamescom 2016. And it can be read, for free, right here. Show organisers Koelnmesse share what is new about this year’s event, meanwhile, members of the UK games industry share their tips and advice for getting the most out …

Ken Levine will headline next year’s EGX Rezzed on Thursday, March 30th. Levine is the man behind the BioShock series and details of his talk will be revealed ‘soon’. He is currently working on an unannounced narrative-driven game for Take-Two. Levine is one of the original creators of 1998’s Thief: …

Put the date in the diary, London Games Festival 2017 will run from March 30th to April 9th. The event will kick off with EGX Rezzed at the Tobacco Docks, while the week will also feature the BAFTA Games Awards, which will take place on April 6th. Other events include …

Band’s frontman Morrissey describes pro-veganism title as ‘the biggest social crusade of all, as we safeguard the weak and helpless from violent human aggression’

Developer reacquired rights to island adventure title from Sony earlier this year

As we head towards the tenth Games Media Awards on October 11th, we continue our retrospective of past winners. Today we speak to Simon Parkin, who picked up two awards last year – being named as Features Writer and Mainstream Voice. How did you first get into the games media? …

Revitalised company offers free hosting options to studios