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New ProtoStar demo unveiled at Mobile World Congress, is first app to use follow-up to OpenGL

Hafu Chan is one of the bestHearthstone Arenaplayers in the world. She’s also a woman. Some of the things she has to deal with a result of those two factsare the topic ofThe Trials of a Female Esports Champion, a ten-minute interview/documentary that examines some of the struggles women face …

Vivendi has increased its stock in Gameloft, resulting in a battle for control of the mobile studio. The media giant – and previous owner of Activision Blizzard – has now acquired more than 30 per cent of Gameloft’s stock, meaning it must now attempt to takeover the firm with a …

Friendly banter between professional players is a common occurrence in North America’s FACEIT Pro League. Often it’s nipped in the bud before it takes a nasty turn, but unfortunately for Cloud9, they’ve now had to take measures against one of their own after his questionable behaviour spread like wildfire through …

Konami’s upcoming Euro 2016 DLC for PES 2016 will not feature a full licensed roster of teams. 24 teams feature in the tournament, but only 15 of them will be officially licensed in the expansion. Missing out are Ireland, Russia, Switzerland, Romania, Sweden, Poland, Austria, Belgium and Hungary. The licensed …

3D artist Matthew Doyle shares ten ways Autodesk’s tool enables devs to overcome challenging character creation

The VR Fund was launched last month by former PlayFirst CEO Marco DeMiroz

Codename Entertainment CEO Eric Jordan looks at the power of 'grassroots' game genres

CEO Ruben Cortez tells us more about his 'crowdpublishing' platform and how it plans to shake up games development

Former 3DO vice president helped engineer custom chips for Amiga computer released in 1985