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Andrew "TidesofTime" Biessener, aHearthstone veteran with more than $50,000 in prize money winnings in Hearthstone, is gliding through an early qualification tournament for Blizzard’s $1.6 million Hearthstone Championship Tour. In the semifinals he needs to only beat William "Amnesiac" Barton, a sandy-haired 15-year-old playing in only his fourth tournament. But …

One of competitive gaming’s main players has big plans for the future – but you might not even know it was calling the shots. Intel– that’s the company behind all those CPUs, motherboards and SSDs, right? Yep, but it’s also one of thebiggest names in eSports, and has been for …

Consumers are to be given the chance to try the HTC Vive VR experience at branches of Currys PC World. Start Replay reports that an announcement looks likely this week. To date only three outlets are scheduled to get a permanent VR area – London’s Tottenham Court Road, the Reading …

League of Legends is (constantly) changing. Gone are the days of games being decided by a brilliant early game outplay. Gone are the the days of a single player standing so far above the rest so as to single-handedly lay low their teams foes. Once, the barrier between a great …

In the world of competitive gaming, you can have the sharpest mind, the fastest reflexes and be the greatest player alive in your bedroom—but it’s all for naught if you can’t perform under the spotlights of the big stage with thousands, sometimes millions, watching you. Read more at ESPN >>>

V1.10 of Serious Engine served as base for original 2001 shooter and its 2002 sequel

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted that the number of Xbox titles making their way to PC may reduce the need for some corners of the market to buy into Xbox One. When pressed by Polygon on why a gamer with a decent gaming PC would need to buy Microsoft, …

Inkle Studios has rebuilt newly open-source tool from the ground-up in C# to support Unity

Former 343 Industries staffers hook up with DDM founder Jeff Hilbert to create multiplayer title for PC and console

The number of physical stores selling video games jumped up in 2015. 6,609 stores sold games in the UK last year, a rise of 1,337 over 2014. The data comes via GfK and retail trade body ERA. Every store type increased last year, including electrical chains (up by three stores), …