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Over the last few years, there’s been a trend of video game veterans going indie. From Peter Molyneux to Fiona Sperry, past Cliff Bleszinski to Michel Ancel, we’ve seen a number of people who could walk into any job, go back to basics. And it’s not just creators, but business …

UK company provided loans of £70,000 to over £500,000 during first six months

Remember ‘Twitch plays Pokemon’? Now finding similar experiences is getting a whole lot easier with the addition of a new directory to the site. The Twitch plays Pokemon phenomenon caused site-wide problems for Twitch last year as tens of thousands of viewers took part in a collaborative effort to complete …

The last of three new Valve-hosted Dota 2 Major events is to be held this June in Manila, in the Philippines. With a few weeks still until the second Major begins in Shanghai, Valve made the announcement that the final event will be held in the South-East Asian region. The …

There were more Apple iOS devices than Windows devices shipped in 2015. It’s the first time ever that iOS has outsold Windows in a calendar year, according to Asymco, with 290m iOS devices (as well as 10m Macs) shipped versus 275m Windows machines. That latter number was down from 300m …

Total War developer Creative Assembly offers advice on how to impress future employees with that all-important CV – and the key mistakes you should avoid if you want to set yourself apart

OpTic Gaming, one of the most popular eSports brands, has signed a book deal with publishers Harper Collins reportedly worth ‘six figures’. The book, titled ‘OpTic Gaming: The Making of eSports Champions’ is set to release on April 26 for $17.99 in Paperback or $12.99 as an e-book. The team …

Titan, one of the most well-known new multi-discipline eSports franchises of the last two years has shuttered its doors. The team, which began with a Malaysian Dota team who placed in the top 10 at Valve’s The International in 2013, expanded to cover Quake, CS:GO and most recently, Smite. However, …

Former NaturalMotion general manager Olliver Heins to head up new team

A TV series that partly takes place in a virtual world has been green lit as a co-production between E4 and Netflix. Called Kiss Me First, it will debut on E4 in the UK before being rolled out in all other territories via Netflix (where it will not be available …