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The prize pool for the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians World Championship has swelled to over $2m, 343 Industries has announced. "We’re excited to announce that the Halo World Championship prize pool is now $2,000,000, and continues to grow,” a poston the game’s Twitter accountrevealed. Microsoft previously promised a portion of …

Maria Sayans to serve in newly-created role of chief customer officer

Steam Early Access title Dirt Rally is set for release on PS4 and Xbox One next April. The game has exited Valve’s alpha stage and is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on April 5th. The title debuted on Steam Early Access in April of this year. In …

5,000-square-foot stage and 50 Prime 41 cameras used to record human performances for Xbox One’s flagship shooter

Just eight days remain until GamesAid’s Games on Song choir’s second concert. Over 30 members of the games industry have signed up to take part in the festive event, which takes place on Wednesday December 16th at 7:30pm. A mixture of traditional and Christmas carols will make up the set …

Eleven categories available for submission, awards to be held in March 2016

Super Early Bird discount expires on December 16th, 2015

Over $94m was spent on television games advertising for the month of November in America. This resulted in 32 gaming brands running 120 commercials on US TV. Of this huge figure, Activision was the biggest contributor, taking up 19.5 per cent of total spend, as reported by Venture Beat. This …

The intimidation of learning a new and complex game is something Capcom hopes it has eradicated with upcoming release Street Fighter V. The challenge, series developer Yoshinori Ono, is trying to achieve this while also staying true to popular older entries that championed complexity and depth. Looking at Street Fighter …

Intel Developer Blog: How cheating AI can improve your game