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One of the global eSports which never really gets much attention in South Africaoutside of a small, dedicated followingis fighting. Last year we had a taste with the Mortal Kombat X global Qualifiers hosted by NAV TV, but that was about it. Where are our fighters? And why hasn’t the …

Kantar’s latest Entertainment Barometer report paints a picture of decline for physical games retail – although it’s faring better than the wider entertainment market. The analyst says that sales of physical games fell 3.5 per cent year-on-year for the 12 weeks ending December 20th. However, that compares favourably with the …

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Other developers invited to pitch content for LA-based experience 'accessible to the masses'

Activision’s Call of Duty hangs on to the top spot in the UK All Formats charts for a seventh consecutive week. The shooter saw a mere four per cent dip in sales last week, and manages to outsell FIFA 16. That title hops from third place to second, with sales …

Head of 3D Interaction Group joins tech giant in supposed effort to counter Google, Facebook and Samsung

The scribe behind some of BioWare’s biggest RPG success stories has left the company after nearly two decades. David Gaider joined the studio in 1999, designing for PC title Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. He went on to work on the beloved Star Wars spin-off Knights of the Old …

Gaider worked on RPGs including Dragon Age: Inquisition, Baldur's Gate 2 and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Japanese players embraced Nintendo’s colorful, team-based squid shooterSplatoonwith open arms (or tentacles) in 2015. Featuring half-squid, half-human creatures who can swim through the ink that blasts from their guns,Splatoonis a fast paced and accessible game making a mark on Japanese esports. Following its release in May, the game moved over …

iPhone manufacturer Apple has to date remained conspicuous from the VR race, but that might be about to change. The Financial Times reports that former Virginia Tech computer science professor Doug Bowman has joined the company. His previous research focused on three-dimensional user interface design and the benefits of immersion …