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Console skews to youngest audience, while PC reaches over 45s and mobile spans the widest age range

ESLis adding another parallel between traditional sports andesports: an esports hall of fame. The esports hall of fame, launched as a semi-autonomous entity from ESL itself, will be operated much like traditional sports halls. A panel of writers, commentators, coaches, analysts and other experts will vote on entrants to the …

Year Walk dev details unique control scheme for ball-rolling follow-up to Beat Sneak Bandit

Alice developer Spicy Horse is not, as rumours have claimed, closing down. Founder American McGee has confirmed, however, that jobs have been lost at the studio. He has also stated that it is moving away from the free-to-play sector. No,” he replied on Facebook when asked if the closure rumours …

Georgia Tech professor Ian Bogost previously joked of disappointment that Lumberyard was a game engine

Nintendo has made two major hires to its UK team, following the departures of senior marketing and PR executives last year. Matthias Hempfling has joined as marketing and PR director, and Kalpesh Tailorhas come on-board as head of communications. Both join from Nintendo’s European head office in Frankfurt. In 2015, …

Ruby Nealon snuck Watch Paint Dry onto Steam store after his warnings about virtual backdoor went ignored by Valve

An EA survey has suggested that Mass Effect Andromeda might take a somewhat surprising narrative route. Mass Effect: Andromeda takes players to the Andromeda galaxy, far beyond the Milky Way, where players will lead the fight for a new home in hostile territory — where WE are the aliens — …

PayDay creator to own half of ElemenTerra IP

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