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Between them, Alex Zoro and Andy Wafer have an impressive CV. Zoro began his career at Rare, before co-founding DJ Hero studio Freestyle Games in 2002. Wafer, meanwhile, started off at Codemasters before moving over to Freestyle, where he did digital and online work for Activision in the UK. The …

Gfinity held an accelerated sale of £1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of £3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from £213,450 to £560, 828, however losses had …

Gfinity held an accelerated sale of 1m in shares this week after the eSports company’s first public financial report detailed losses of 3.6m up to June 30. The report revealed that profits were up on the same period last year by 163%, from 213,450 to 560, 828, however losses had …

E-sports sponsorship deals have come a long way fromhiring Fatal1ty to apologetically hold up a motherboard– peripherals manufacturer SteelSeries have announced that they’ve moved the Winterfox CS:GO team into their Chicago HQ. There, they’ll train as normal in conjunction with SteelSeries staffers, and provide insight and feedback on new products. …

Witness the leading developers of yesteryear as we prepare to unveil 2015’s Develop 100

Many folk expected Blizzard’s upcoming team shooter Overwatch to be a free-to-play title. These folk were wrong. As well as revealing the game will be coming to PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, the developer has also confirmed that the Standard Edition of the game on PC will …

Video game accessories company Mad Catz has worked with pro gamers to design eSports products and improve consumer gaming peripherals. The sales of video game controllers, headsets, steering wheels, fight sticks, PC keyboards, and mice is big business worldwide. The North American console and PC video game accessories and peripherals …

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Winners to be revealed on November 12th

That got your attention, didn’t it? Yup, turns out Counter Strike: Global Offensive has a hundred times as many Steam users as the most popular COD on the platform. Turns out you really can’t keep a good terrorist-kiboshing force down. A quick look atSteam’s stats pageshows you a hundred of …