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Following the success of several coaches at the Shanghai Major, there’s been a lot of talk around the subject of coaching in Dota 2. However, too little of the discussion gets past the point of praising particular individuals while surrendering to the fact that there simply aren’t enough people qualified …

What to do if you run the most popular (and financially successful) game in the entire world? Well, either you sell it to Microsoft and start buying houses out from the under the nose of Beyonc, or you get busy building monolithic representations of your characters and coming up with …

Riot Games’ League of Legends and Valve Software’s Dota 2 are two of the foremost titles in the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) market, and are fundamentally different in audience and scope. League of Legends has successfully gained a larger audience by being easier to pick up with a more …

Transparency. This is the word that defines the lack of hidden agenda and conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making. It was also the word used by former Ember CEO, Jonathan Pan, when describing the core values of his North American …

We all love a good underdog story. Eddie the Eagle, Leicester City Football Club, Rocky… nothing quite captures the public imagination like a determined minnow taking on and beating the established giants. But there is another type of underdog story. The tale of a once great fighter who has faded …

The boss of Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear developer Beamdog has said that his studio’s internal limits on development practise probably contributed to the recent outrage about a transgender character. Last week corners of the internet were set ablaze by the inclusion of a transgender character in the RPG. To …

Studio boss Trent Oster discusses Dragonspear controversies and dealing with harassment

Toys that resemble real-world hand guns are banned in most markets, but what of the other way around? Although it still feels weird for us in the UK, even shops like Walmart sell guns and ammo in the US, so it’s no surprise that the gun customisation market is a …

Owners of 4K TVs now have another (and perhaps first?) way to access Ultra HD content on their screens thanks to the official UK launch of 4K Blu-ray. 12 movies are available in the launch line-up – Mad Max, The LEGO Movie, Kingsman, The Maze Runner, Maze Runner: The Scorch …

It operates one of the most successful smartphone games on the planet, but Machine Zone has decided to hunt for growth away from the games sector. The company recently unveiled not only a rebrand – it is now called MZ – but also a brand new cloud platform that hopes …