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Visual development studio adds to services empire’s art outsourcing offering

The head of competitive gaming body eSports Integrity Coalition has said that players must band together to influence industry decisions. Speaking to eSports Pro, Ian Smith said that pro-gamers are the main draw for eSports events, yet they have little say in any part of the sector. Furthermore, if a …

eSports fans will be able to watch the upcoming DOTA 2 International in virtual reality. Developer Valve has announced the DOTA VR Hub, which lets consumers put on a headset and watch live games in a ‘DOTA VR Theater’. Fans will be surrounded by heroes from the game when watching …

Motion vector rendering now supported in-engine, draw calls reduced with GPU Instancing

Blizzard keeps pumping out new content for its popular card game, and the next expansion has now been detailed. Part one of One Night in Karazhan will be released on August 11th, with one wave launching each week offering a total of 45 new cards. The prologue will be free …

The talent behind the blockbuster Just Dance series has revealed a new karaoke arm for the brand. Just Sing will be released on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6th. It’s being developed by Elite Beat Agents and Lips developer iNiS. Players will not be required to fork out for …

Families are now able to share apps across their various accounts. Google has announced a new Google Play feature called Family Library that allows up to six people to share purchases across all of their devices. The UK is among the first 12 countries included in the initial rollout, as …

Dontnod, the French studio behind Remember Me, Life is Strange and the upcoming Vampyr, has revealed its partnership with fellow Parisian outlet Hesaw. As part of the collaboration, Hesaw has been renamed Dontnod Eleven and will work alongside the developer’s main team to share knowledge, expertise and resources”. The first …

Superdata expects advertising to account for more than half a billion pounds in eSports revenue by the end of 2016. The data firm says sponsorship and advertising will account for the vast majority of money, far outstripping prize pools (£60m) and betting (£45m). In fact, sponsorship now accounts for almost …

Nintendo’s smartphone aspirations will in future be tied into its new console ecosystem. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which concurs with prior reports that NX will be a hybrid handheld/console system but adds that a person familiar with the matter” has stated that Nintendo’s new machine will be …