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Recently we saw Flappy Bird forcibly inserted into a running copy of Super Mario World. Its ambitions clearly don’t stop there, however. Kotaku reports that the former smartphone hit has now for the first time been ported to an unfamiliar handheld – an e-cigarette. The eVic-VTC Mini ecig, from manufacturer …

Latest revision of creation tool also adds ability to save and load, FBX importer and engine tweaks

Obsidian Entertainment is now the home to two of the guiding forces behind the original Fallout. Leonard Boyarsky is perhaps best known as the art director who introduced Fallout’s iconic Vault Boy icons while working at Interplay Entertainment in the mid-1990s. He later left to form Vampire: The Masquerade – …

What started off as an innocuous pastime has progressed into something far more intricate. Since its inception, Super Smash Brothers Melee has steadily grown and become one of the most technically demanding fighting games out there — but it wasn’t always this way. In the earlier days, it was possible …

In Paris on April 23rd/24th, an event on the Capcom Pro Tour is taking place that fulfils all three of those criteria. The Red Bull Kumite is a sixteen-man invitation-only tournament that features some of the very best Street Fighter players on the planet battling it out for valuable CPT …

Ten years ago, I had a single, focused dream: get esports on mainstream TV. It was a goal shared by most of the people involved in esports at the time, leagues, talent, players, and team owners alike. Not hard to imagine really, as all of us would benefit financially and …

You don’t need us to tell you that in 2016, streaming is kind of a big deal in certain circles. But did you know that the amount of people watching Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is equal to more than 10% of the people actually playing it? We’re talking upwards of 60,000 …

On April 2, more than 10,000 people took their seats in Columbus, Ohio’s Nationwide Arena to watch the Major League Gaming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive final match between European powerhouse Natus Vincere and Brazilian upstart Luminosity. Those fans were soon out of their seats, yelling and cheering at the unfolding drama. …

Blizzard has suffered an attack on its servers that halted access to many of its games. Hacking group Lizard Squad has claimed credit for the attacks on social media, pre-empting the downtime with a Get Ready” message. It has also warned that further attacks are on the way, although Blizzard’s …

Tournament organiser WSVG have yet to pay out $32,000 in prize money. The company, which held an event in the Maldives in October 2015, offered up an initial $50,000 prize pool to be split across Hearthstone, Starcraft II and FIFA tournaments, however most of this has not been received by …