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Online betting company bwin has predicted that more bets will be placed on League of Legends in 2016 than on the winner of the UEFA Champions League. Data that bwin has collected shows that if betting on League of Legends continues to grow at a similar rate, and that betting …

eSports streaming platform Hitbox has announced new partnerships to secure content from ESL, DreamHack and Wargaming. A two year partnership will see all ESL produced eSports content feature on the site, with the first event of this new deal being the massive Wargaming Grand Finals 2016 that takes place this …

This year, Scotland’s Games Centre walked away with the Independent Retailer prize at the MCV Awards for the fifth time in a row. With eight stores and a successful online business that delivers to over 50 countries, Games Centre is a force to be reckoned with in the UK independent …

The Top 30 Women in Games are today announced, with the spotlight being shone on the most influential and inspirational female professionals from across the whole of the UK industry. The Top 30 – voted for by a panel of leading industry executives will be honoured at an awards ceremony …

Codemasters’ Dirt Rally will shift more units than any rally game on current gen hardware. That’s according to Koch Media’s head of sales for publishing Greg Whalley, who also claims that the title will be popular with a mainstream audience. Other recent hit rally games includes Sebastien Loeb Rally Evo …

Halfbrick Studios and OtherLevels discuss the importance of player data and how using it will help retain your audience

This year the 3DS is all about adventure games, Nintendo says. The company has launched a new PR and marketing campaign to highlight a number of major RPGs set for release this year, including Final Fantasy Explorers, Bravely Second: End Layer and Hyrule Warriors Legends. Other titles set to feature …

An avid fan of Dontnod’s Life Is Strange has opened a Kickstarter campaign that he hopes will pave the way to a sequel. Scott Ashby is looking for $20k. What would he do with this money? Option One: Approach Dontnod with an offer to fund Life is Strange 2,” the …

Avanquest Software Publishing is going to be acquired by US publisher Maximum Games, it has been confirmed. The deal will see the Avanquest name vanish and the new business operate solely under the Maximum Games banner. Maximum said the move it to help it brand out internationally, although its HQ …

A few weeks ago, we ran a news story that revealed that gamers in the UK trust their media. 83 per cent of gamers surveyed said they trust the specialist games press, versus 71 per cent for YouTubers and 70 per cent for mainstream media (such as newspapers, websites and …