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A new rising star in the potentially growing Counter Strike: Global Offensive scene in South Korea has made quite a name for herself as the only female player in a pool of about 50 in Korea’s first CS:GO league, VSL CS:GO Korea Beginning. Read more on Slingshot eSports >>>
Read More »The teams to watch at ESL Gamescom 2016
Europe’s biggest video game event of the year is due to kick off in just a few days, and of course it wouldn’t be complete without a ton of eSports events. Gamescom is taking place in Cologne, Germany between 17 and 21 August, and ESL is set to have a …
Read More »Edging out the competition: A look at G2’s dominant run in Standard Hearthstone
G2 Esports is on top of the competitive Hearthstone world. In recent months we’ve seen Dima Rdu” Radu take down DreamHack Summer and the Truesilver Invitational, Thijs Thijs” Molendijk win EU Spring Champs and Adrian Lifecoach” Koy win SeatStory V, with the other two joining him in the Top 8. …
Read More »Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden Talks Dota 2, Esports, And Making Gaming A Career
Jorien "Sheever" van der Heijden has become a name associated with Dota 2’s most prestigious events and tournaments, bringing her signature style to commentary and colorful interviews with the game’s personalities and players. We took a few moments to chat with Sheever about her gaming history and how she landed …
Read More »Met Police to establish troll-hunting unit
The London Police force has been given approval to establish a new unit designed specifically to target the perpetrators of online hate crimes. The BBC reports that the new team will consist of five officers. The Home Office is to contribute 452,000 of the two-year pilot’s 1.7m cost. Essentially the …
Read More »Next PS4 update adds long requested Folders feature
Almost three years after its release, Sony is finally adding one of the most commonly requested features to the machine. Users have since the console’s arrival asked for the ability to sort their games library into folders. Until now, games appear in an uncustomisable list along the device’s XMB user …
Read More »EU LCS quarterfinal delayed due to technical issues
The quarterfinal of the EU LCS between H2K and Fnatic has been delayed to August 16th due to technical issues. The match was due to be played yesterday, August 14th, however once the teams took to the stage they discovered an issue with the sound coming from the PCs at …
Read More »New campaign launched to grow Turkey’s indie scene
Promotion will raise awareness of government support available to games developers
Read More »Pixar’s six tips for telling better stories in games
Toy Story and Monsters Inc story writer Matthew Luhn shared his advice from more than two decades at the film studio with devs at GDC Europe
Read More »Seeing Red: The rise of CD Projekt and The Witcher
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red took home four prizes from this year’s Develop Awards, including the coveted Studio of the Year title. Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz tells James Batchelor how the team has evolved with every game it releases
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