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The video games community is gathering again to support charity SpecialEffect. Publishers First Touch Games and New Star have announced their participation to One Special Day. This initiative, which will happen on July 15th, will see games companies to give 100 per cent of that day’s revenues to the gamers’ …

NDreams, Devolver Digital, First Touch Games, New Star and more already signed up

The announcement of Matt Nadeshot” Haag’s new eSports organization 100 Thieves came out of nowehere. It was a surprise to everyone – and even Nadeshot himself did not expect an opportunity like this to arise in his career. I never foresaw a situation like this,” Nadeshot admitted, explaining that the …

The Year of the Kraken is almost upon us, and our tentacled overlord comes bearing nerfs. With the Standard Format and the Whispers of the Old Gods expansion launching on Tuesday, Blizzard announced sweeping nerfs to multiple cards from the Classic and Basic sets, including nerfs to meta-defining cards like …

Alright, so I know that eSports are already a tough sell for many, but hear me out. Last week, 343 Industries announced a partnership with ESL Gaming to launch a Halo Pro League, the first season of which is set to run through the months of June and July. Like …

Publishers are typically quite precious about their retro properties, which makes Sega’s latest announcement somewhat of a welcome surprise. The company is releasing a free Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub on Steam on April 28th, and is features include Steam Workshop support. The new-look system is based on a bedroom …

The idea of ‘balance’ as the supposed holy grail of any multi-player game, is out-dated. We’re in some ways conditioned to expect developers to support their multiplayer games for many years, with the nebulous never-ending goal of polishing their rough gem of a game into a dazzling diamond, while updating …

The video game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in which players form teams of terrorists and counterinsurgents and shoot at one another, is a favorite of the professional e-sports circuit. A tournament in early April sold out Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, where the NHL’s Blue Jackets play, and generated 71 million …

One of the first big virtual reality titles has been reduced in price. Owlchemy Labs has said it is reducing Job Simulator from $39.99 to $29.99. Those who bought the game at the previous price have been told they can request a refund for the price difference. Sales data for …

Star Wars stunt performer Chloe Bruce tried to recreate the moves of virtual hero Senua – rather than the other way around