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 …
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Gfinity sells further shares after first annual financials show
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 …
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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 …
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