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Fnatic will not compete at DreamHack Masters Malm due to Olof olofmeister” Kajbjer’s recent hand injury, DreamHack announced on Monday. They will be replaced by G2 Esports. The post on DreamHack’s website confirmed that Fnatic had chosen not to participate in the event as a result of the injury. "Olof …

The first thing I noticed about the Vainglory Winter Championship was just how far removed I was from the players. Esports tends to skew young—prime years are usually in the late teens with most competitors mellowing into retirement by the time they hit their early 20s—but this was something else. …

This weekend’s $1 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major in Columbus, Ohio, is the first North American CS:GO major and the biggest event in the history of Major League Gaming. It also came just a few months after MLG was bought by Activision Blizzard, which among many changes included a reunion …

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 …