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Creative director Thomas Wilson discusses the challenge of bringing new-gen games to last-gen consoles

A proLeague of Legendsplayer was fined today for partaking in one of humanity’s most ancient and cherished gestures: flippin’ the bird. The finger in question was lifted during theLeagueWorld Championships group stages in Paris. As Hai and his team set up for an important match at theagainst ahq eSports Club, …

The Pokemon Company has announced that its mascot Pikachu will be added to the licensed collection of toys available at Build-A-bear Workshop. The character will be launched in early 2016 across Europe, North America and Australia. Those who choose to stuff their own Pikachu either in-store or online will also …

Competitive eSports platform Unikrn has partnered withmulti-player gaming league FACEIT,to create the world’s first competitive integrity certification program for eSports. The program aims to establish industry-wide best practice combined with competitive structures and policies to ensure legitimacy in eSports match results. Read more at SBC >>>

Wargaming has opened a dedicated new mobile game publishing and development division WG Cells. It will have two studios based in Seattle and Kiev, and will be headed by Wargaming’s Marat Karpeko and former DropForge Games CEO David Bluhm. Games already released under the label include strategy RPG Loot & …

‘I will no longer have to bow my head in shame or guilt when someone approaches me claiming they backed our project'

Digital retailer and publisher Green Man Gaming is once again showing its support of indie developers by backing next month’s Interface event. The company will be meeting with developers to discuss taking new titles to market, whilst also introducing its new Finishing Finance Facility funding scheme. "We were proud to …

Permadeath has become pretty common in modern games – but new PC title One Life interprets the concept far more literally. Titles such as DayZ, Rogue Legacy, Galak-Z, Binding of Isaac and Spelunky punish the player by making them start over entirely if they die in-game. Greenlight title On Life, …

Physical games label Sold Out has signed its first digital title. The publisher will be releasing Unbox from British developer Prospect Games. The title was recently approved on Steam Greenlight, receiving 7,390 yes votes and 516 followers in just one fortnight. The title is set for launch in 2016. Traditionally, …

Australian Halo fans will get to see the first 15 minutes of the next entry in the sci-fi series the day before the game’s launch. But there’s a catch… …and the catch is that the display showing the campaign footage will be flying some 2,000 feet (609 metres) above the …