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Another Star Wars outing is to emerge from the loins of the EA-Disney video games agreement, this time from Titanfall developer Respawn. The studio is working with both its publishing partner and LucasFilm. The title is described as a third person action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe. The …

Zakari ‘ZfreeK’ Freedman is compLexity Gaming’s support player and also CoL captain Kyle ‘swindlemelonzz’ Freedman’s real life brother. Transferring to Dota 2 from Heroes of Newerth along with his brother, Zfreek has managed to stay out of the limelight, happily accepting his brother to bask in the public eye. The …

Finally. After many months of being barred from competition, TSM has announced that Leffen has received a temporary P1 Visa that grants him access to the United States. This is great news for Melee fans, but one that comes as a bit of a surprise. Why now, when not before? …

Hilmar Pétursson sees virtual reality as a ‘ten-year plan’, with the latter five years heralding ‘rapid expansion like we've never seen before’

During EGLX over the weekend in Toronto, Slingshot contributor Blake Bottrill had the chance to catch up with veteran Halo commentator David Walshy” Walsh. The former pro player talked about event host cities, going to school and Counter Logic Gaming’s recent dominance. Read more on SlingShot eSports >>>

The biggest LAN (local area network) party on the planet is coming to North American soil for the first time with DreamHack Austin (Texas) this week. Since its inception in 1994, DreamHack was the answer to the question, "What group consistently puts on the largest digital competition, LAN party and …

Intel Developer Blog: Find out how chat heads can help you improve communication in your multiplayer games

‘Some characters are so important that they need whole stories to be told about them, otherwise it’s better to remove them completely’

Former God of War director Stig Asmussen at the helm

Terry Cavanagh’s popular indie platformer VVVVVV has been removed from the Nintendo eShop amid accusations that it can enable the use of homebrew software on the handheld. Polygon reports that the game featured in a new exploit that bypassed some of the console’s security protection. A similar scenario played out …