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A few days ago, ESPN published a story outlining contract disputes between Luminosity Gaming’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team and SK Gaming. The story explained that the players signed a contract with Luminosity Gaming in December last year, but then entered talks with SK Gaming via email in February, which resulted …

This last month saw the conclusion of the first Epicenter, the first of its name and the biggest Dota 2 tournament put on by European production house Epic Esports Events. The five-man team who arranged and organized the entire tournament put on quite a show, with a massive Roshan on-stage …

Artist will work alongside Human Revolution composer Michael McCann

Not many will be surprised by Turkish team SuperMassive’s finishing place at the bottom of May’s Mid-Season Invitational, not even the team themselves. League of Legends is dominated by the core regions of NA, EU and South-East Asia. However at least one of their results in Shanghai did raise eyebrows, …

Strong week one downloads aren’t enough to guarantee long-term success for your mobile title – that’s the conclusion of a new analysis by SurveyMonkey Intelligence that looks into the launch and subsequent decline of Miitomo. The data compares the social game to King’s Candy Crush Jelly Saga and Supercell’s Clash …

Data from Nintendo’s first mobile app shows the importance of maintaining an active audience

Microsoft may have yet another surprise announcement up its sleeve for E3. It has already been suggested that the company will announce a new Xbox One Slim, an upgraded Xbox One and possibly even a streaming device (or two). Now is being suggested that Microsoft will also use E3 to …

$35/month Unity Plus tier aimed at "whose have learnt the art and craft of making games and want to take that to a commercial level"

The second season of the Rainbow Six Pro League is already underway, with a new $150,000 prize pool up for grabs across the four disciplines. Teams will be competing in one of four competitions, split between the Xbox One and PC, and European and North American regions. At the end …

Sean Murray confirms threats via Twitter as game is pushed back to August