FIFA 17 switches engine from Ignite to Frostbite

This year’s FIFA instalment will be the first built on the Frostbite 3 engine, EA has announced. The football series made the leap to the freshly-built Ignite engine in 2013, alongside the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One consoles. The publisher has now confirmed that FIFA 17 will run …

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Let’s not write Heroes’ eulogy just yet

It’s been a day of hot takes. Spurred on by a disheartening interview with MVP Black’s coach Kim where he discusses the possibility that the current World Champions will stop playing Heroes, opinions have flooded in about the future of the game’s competitive scene. HotS esports is dying, some said. …

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How a gaming ‘Fnatic’ built an eSports empire

It’s crunch time. The clock is ticking down, the score is all wrong and the majority of the 16,000-strong crowd starts to cheer against them. The world’s best team is up against it. Led by the world’s best player, they somehow pull off a comeback—of course, they do—and defeat the …

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Seize the day: OG at the Manila Majors

Don’t call it a comeback for OG. The surprise victors of the Frankfurt Major are coming into Manila with a chip on their shoulder after a seventh/eighth place finish in Shanghai. In the weeks and months since that, all eyes have been on this team to see which OG will …

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