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Over the past year, esports has exploded into the public eye. ESPN started a full-time wing dedicated to it and hosted Heroes of the Dorm on ESPN2. Turner Broadcasting produced a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) league. Big Four accounting firms like PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte are even distributing reports on the …

The members of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) team, Virtus.pro, aren’t the only winners at the culmination of Turner and WME/IMG’s inaugural 10-week ELeague. Buffalo Wild Wings, one of the primary sponsors of the event, has committed to the first year of Turner eSports, including the upcoming $300,000 Overwatch Open with …

The Dark Knight has suffered another rocky PC launch. After last year’s turbulent release, removal and re-release of Warner’s Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, Telltale’s new episodic Batman game has also struggled out of the blocks, with users complaining of slugging framerates and graphical glitches. The studio has already released …

CS:GO world champions SK Gaming will be without Fernando "fer" Alvarenga until mid September at the earliest due to the player requiring two surgeries. Alvarenga requires surgery on both his nose, to enable him to breath through both nostrils, and on his ear to prevent further hearing loss. Unfortunately both …

The mobile studio tells us how its using Google's cloud services to dramatically speed up the way it can improve its games

Ninjas in Pyjamas and H2K have both entered Overwatch for the first time by signing European teams, while Luminosity sign a new American squad. Ninjas in Pyjamas is one of the biggest names in eSports, mostly thanks to its legendary CS:GO team. Earlier this week the organisation signed Finnish Overwatch …

Ska Studios has in a defence of the delayed arrival of its game Salt and Sanctuary on PlayStation Vita lamented what it sees as the largely modern toxic games fanbase. I’m going to delete any post berating us for not having the Vita port done. I’m working on the Japanese …

Scottishretail chain Games Centre made the most of the Pokmon Go phenomenon, all in the aid of charity. Starting with its Kilmarnock store, the firm organised ‘Pokmon Go Prowls’ from all its local shops. The concept saw Games Centre offer a tour of town landmarks, while visiting Pokstops and catching …

Quality voice performances are becoming the standard, rather than the exception, in games. Audio firms and actors tell James Batchelor how to make the most of your dialogue

Hit PC game Ark: Survival Evolved has been downloaded 5.5m times since its June 2015 release date. Speaking to MCV, the co-founder of developer Studio Wildcard Jeremy Stieglitz said that the Xbox One SKU, which launched in December 2015, had sold 1.5m copies alone. Therefore the PC version will have …