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The MCV & Develop Podcast is back, and this time we’re joined by Dan Pinchbeck, creative director and studio head at The Chinese Room. Pinchbeck’s award-winning studio is best known for its acclaimed titles such as Dear Esther and Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. In our third episode, he shares …

Creative director of acclaimed studio The Chinese Room joins us ahead of his Interface talk this Thursday

Teddy Dief and Renaud Bédard now working at Lara Croft Go, teasing “something special”

Juan Hungrybox” Debiedma long been considered one of the best Super Smash Bros Melee players in the world. He was one of the original five gods” of Melee and always a threat to do well. For a while, though, he was hardly ever considered the favorite to win a tournament …

He might have missed out on his chance to represent NA at the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational, but that doesn’t mean that Jason "WildTurtle" Tran doesn’t have his fair share of opinions about the event. WildTurtle stopped by theScore esports office while he was time back home in Toronto to discuss …

The biggest esports organization in the Philippines, Mineski, is serving former team members with a lawsuit, though it’s unclear who exactly is being targeted—or if it’s anything more than an idle threat. In a Facebook post Thursday, Mineski outlined its reasons behind the decision, citing contract infringements and unprofessional behavior. …

It’s 12:30 p.m. in Los Angeles on a weekday in April. Looking at the outside of a nondescript condo development, you’d never guess what’s happening within. A team of professional gamers have just started a "scrim" against another team. Sitting in leather chairs with "Team Liquid" embroidered on them, some …

On the casino floor of the Downtown Grand Las Vegas, in what used to be the high limit room, two men face off in Mortal Kombat XL. It’s the final round of the night’s contest, called "Finish Him! Friday." A $250 prize is at stake. The two men sit on …

Free integration released via Unreal Marketplace, lets studios track player behaviour

The PC version of Dark Souls 3 is on the brink of descending into disarray. First off, let’s recap the game’s struggles thus far: On launch a high number of players were experiencing crashes, typically when near a bonfire. This seemed to be fixable by turning lighting down to low, …