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A new paper from a group of researchers at Indiana University has suggested that the treatment of female characters in games has drastically improved over the last ten years. "In the 1980s and early 1990s, a lot of the graphical integrity just didn’t allow for the characters to be sexualised,"explainedlead …

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett is a Canadian CS:GO caster and, alongside Henry "HenryG" Greer, one of the most well-known personalities in the scene. Sadokist took the time to chat with theScore esports on the final day of the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major and talked about his third Major and how …

Is it esports?” This questions comes up, both honestly and facetiously, about a huge variety of games. Sometimes, esports is a groundswell, a way to mark the community that gathers around competitive games they’re passionate about. Other times, esports” seems more like a trope or a marketing tool. With each …

Over the course of a month, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, has been hit with arguably the biggest scandal in the game’s history and one which threatens to change the complexion of the professional scene forever. Read more on The Daily Dot >>>

On May 8, Riot Games permanently banned one of the top professional League of Legends teams in North America, Renegades, in one of the harshest punishments ever levied on an esports team. The move potentially cost the team and its two leaders, Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Chris Badawi, millions of …

More than $590 million will be wagered on esports competitions through cash gambling sites in 2016 with 93% of the wagering taking place through esportsbook betting, which is akin to traditional sports betting. It is similar to wagering on the outcome of a match between two professional sports teams, except …

Look at portrayal of women in games over the last 31 years reveals spike in sexualised protagonists in the 1990s following release of Tomb Raider

Nintendo’s Pokemon Go Plus accessory won’t meet its July launch date, the company has confirmed. The device was initially due out in July, but will now not arrive until September. The Pokemon Go Plus is a wearable Bluetooth widget that is designed to keep users in touch with their game …

Parisian outlet was previously known as Hesaw and is working on debut multiplayer shooter Battlecrew Space Pirates

Having declined for the first time ever in the first quarter of the year, Apple’s smartphone has repeated the feat in the company’s following quarter. 40.4m iPhone were sold in Apple’s Q3, down 15 per cent, although this was slightly ahead of some expectations. The company expects another decline in …