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Blizzard made a shock announcement at Blizzcon this weekend – there’s a new Hearthstone expansion, and it will be released this week. Less than four months after it’s The Grand Tournament expansion introduced 132 new cards, this Thursday will see the release of League of Explorers which will bring with …

Games TV channel Ginx has taken to crowdfunding platform Crowdcube in an effort to boost its international presence. The firm is looking for 540,000 from backers to help fund new apps for PS4 and Xbox One, as well as growing the amount of global content it features. Available in the …

Microsoft has confirmed that it has cut the ability for users to control their Xbox Ones via gestures in its New Xbox One Experience update for the console. When we looked at the New Xbox One Experience we wanted to prioritize features that customers were asking for, plus areas of …

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When aLeague of Legendsteamchanged handsfor a shade over $1 million it made big headlines in the West. But in China, the signing fee for just one player may soon make that seem like pocket change. Rumors out of China are putting Jian Uzi” Zihao, the current AD Carry forOMG, at …

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Wired Productions, an independent games publisher & production studio, will be attending Interface this week to find the next big thing, or breakout indie hit. Interface, which takes place on Thursday November 12th in London, is the UK’s interactive content marketplace, with private pitching, games showcase, funding advice and more. …

Fallout 4 has only been on shelves for just over a day and has wasted no time in breaking records. In the last 24 hours, the latest entry in Bethesda’s apocalyptic action RPG saw 445,546 players on Steam, making it the non-Valve game with the highest concurrent player number. That’s …

Interface– the UK’s interactive content marketplace, presented by MCV and Develop -takes place tomorrow,November 12that St Mary’s Church in London (see map below). The full schdule can be seen below, complete with conference sesions, private pitching, games showcase, funding advice and more. Registration opens at 9.30am, with the three main …