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HTC has revealed some very early sales data for its upcoming virtual reality headset the Vive. The company has said that it sold over 15,000 units in just the first ten minutes after pre-orders went live yesterday. At the US RRP of $800, that’s $12m of revenue – $1.2m per …

Analytics and marketing platform is designed to allow devs to improve the monetisation of their free-to-play titles

Eugene Wei will lead team dedicated to producing VR and 360-degree content

With a prize pool of more than half a million dollars, the backing of big PC brands and 1m+ viewers expected, the latest Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) is about to get underway. Here are five things you need to know about the eSports tournament. IEM Season 10 is set to …

Late last week it was announced thatDraftKingshas decided to pull its sponsorships of major esports organisations. It’s believed that this is due to the mounting costs of the daily fantasy sports operator’s numerous legal battles in states throughout the US. In September DraftKings was one of many companies committing to …

Tech Insider’s first documentary "League of Millions" follows professional video game team,Team Liquid, as they battle to reach the 2015League of Legendsworld championships. We meet the team in the summer split coming off some of the worst losses of the season. It’s up to team membersIWillDominate, Xpecial, Quas, Piglet, Fenixand …

eSports is growing incredibly fast. According to research firmNewzoo, the eSports industry generated $325 million in revenue worldwide in 2015, and is expected to grow to $463 million in 2016. What was once a small, young industry needs to grow up fast to meet the demands of a huge global …

After anemotional interviewfollowing H2k’s win over Fnatic on Thursday, FORG1VEN announced an imminent nine-month absence from the European League Championship Series in order to fulfill his military obligations for his home country, Greece. Considering H2k is embroiled in a heated, three-way battle for first place on top of the EU …

A partnership between ESL and Intel is hoping to improve and support the diversity around competitive gaming with the launch of the AnyKey initiative this week. The core goal of the program is tocreate more opportunities and inclusive spaces in eSports, and advocate for underrepresented members of competitive communities, such …

A smartphone game inspired by Dark Souls sounds like a dream come true, but Bandai Namco’s Slashy Souls is quite possible not entirely what you expected. The free-to-play game is not developed by From Software, but does carry plenty of in-game messaging encouraging players to buy Dark Souls III from …