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Shares in retailer GAME Digital have dropped around seven per cent this morning after yet more warnings of challenging market conditions. Similar warnings were issued last Christmas. GAME has for the 53 weeks ending July 23rd reported a 10.8 per cent decline in UK sales. Overall group sales were down …

Subterfuge co-developer Ron Carmel discusses how to balance commitment and engagement with player freedom in a mobile strategy game

Niantic's world-conquering title offers some insight into engage players around the globe, says CSA Research's Rebecca Ray

Will it? Won’t it? We now know for certain that the new Xbox One S does, in certain scenarios, run some games better than the existing model. The 349 2TB version of the Xbox One S arrives in the UK today, and Digital Foundry reports that it brings with it …

Games retailer GameStop has stepped up its interest in the US mobile space by acquiring over half a thousand new stores. It has swooped to purchase three US authorised national AT&T retailers – Cellular World, Midwest Cellular and Red Skye Wireless. The deal covers 507 physical outlets. "Today’s announcement showcases …

Never one to do today what can be put off ‘til the Dota 2 subreddit breaks out into a collective conniption, Valve Software has announced the ruleset, format, and prize distribution of The International 2016. Read more on The Meta >>>

Ever since The International moved across from Benaroya Hall to the massive 17,000 seat Key Arena, European teams have struggled at the biggest event in the Dota calendar. In fact no European team has made the top four of TI since TI3, which was back in Benaroya, with American team …

When casual observers hear about esports, it’s usually the awe-inspiring prize pools from The International that first draw attention. Raw dollar count brings the attention of traditional media and narratives around the thought of instant video-game millionaires appeal to the rags-to-riches instinct in cultures around the world. Read more on …

US dev’s Reflections sees players’ narrative choices transforming the world around them

The International 6 will be unlike any other in Dota 2 history. Not only because it is the sixth iteration of one of esports’ largest events. Not only because it will break its own record of having the highest prize pool of any esports event in history — again. It …