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As the much awaitedESL One Maniladraws near, former The International 5 (TI5) champions, Evil Geniuses (EG) announced that they will not participate in the tournament. Their team captain, Peter ppd” Dager, posted on his Twitter that they declined the invitation to compete in the fist ESL One tournament at the …

Second studio will be led by former Exient dev Jon Gibson

Microsoft has revealed a few more details about its still in-development augmented reality headset HoloLens. Neowin grabbed the information from a Tel Aviv tech event attended by Microsoft’s technical evangelist Bruce Harris. Perhaps the most notable detail is that concerning the device’s field of view. It was revealed last July …

Hironobu Sakaguchi tweets that Mistwalker is also looking for background artists

With a lack of new releases hitting shelves, Call of Duty once again retains the top spot in the UK All Formats chart. Activision’s shooter manages with a mere 24 per cent drop in sales week-on-week. This is the sixth time in a row that Black Ops III has been …

Further details released about AR hardware include battery life, wireless functionality and display capability

The director of Rise of the Tomb Raider has joined Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward. Brian Horton was game director at Crystal Dynamics for just over a year, having previously served as senior art director for six and a half years – including on the original self-titled Tomb Raider …

Walking around Genesis 3, it’s easy to see that Smash Bros. is stronger than ever. With players competing in three separate games each released in different decades, Smash has proven that it its games can stand the test of time. But recently, Smash has competition. There have been unsuccessful attempts …

Amir Hekmati spent four years behind bars – avoiding a death charge – after being imprisoned for alleged espionage in 2011

Crystal Dynamics’ Brian Horton takes on role of studio art director at Call of Duty developer