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Competitive gaming between tens of thousands of players in large venues and televised globally is creating huge buzz in the tech industry as the phenomenon – known asesports– is now approaching popularity that eclipses even mainstream traditional pro leagues. But the real future in gaming may ultimately depend on how …

The already vast Friday the 13th franchise is about to get a little bit bigger. Joining 12 films, a television show, books, comics and pretty much any type of tie-in merchandise you can imagine based on the exploits of hockey masked killer Jason Voorhees is Friday the 13th: The Game. …

Telltale has revealed the fifth and final episode of Tales from the Borderlands debut season will launch next week. As has become a standard for the studio’s episodic releases, Episode Five: The Vault of the Traveler will arrive first for PC, Mac, PS3 and PS4 – debuting for the platforms …

2K Games has announced a follow-up to its free-to-play mobile trading card game property Supercard, launching NHL Supercard for iOS and Android platforms. The hockey game features more than 450 cards, which can be trained in playmaking, stick handling, focus, and skating. Players can participate in quick games to earn …

H1Z1 developer Daybreak Games has promoted creative director Jens Andersen to a new executive role. Games Industryreports Andersen will now oversee the creative direction on all of Daybreak’s titles, including a currently unannounced project. "Jens has been the driving vision behind DC Universe Online as its Senior Creative Director, and …

EA has revealed that more than 9 million gamers tried the beta for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront. Taking to EA’s Star Wars blog, senior producer Sigurlina Ingvarsdottir announced the impressive figures, which represent a record for the single largest beta in EA’s history. The beta was announced in April. …

Rocket League’s next DLC will be of the licensed variety. Developer Psyonix has detailed the upcoming Back to the Future Car Pack. It appears, however, that the ‘pack’ contains just one item – although what an item it is: the flying DeLorean time machine. Furthermore, the car will be released …

British eSports organiser Gfinity has recorded 58.5m online views of their 2015 Championship Series, exceeding first year targets of 50m. The Gfinity Series, comprised of 23 weekly tournaments since March, was played across five eSports titles at the company’s dedicated eSports Arena in Fulham, London. September’s series finale, held at …

Sony has revealed that a Game of the Year edition of From Software’s Bloodborne will be released on PS4 before Christmas. The SKU will include the game’s upcoming DLC, The Old Hunters, which will explore the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth. It’s set in what is described …

NewBay Media has named four new senior directors to its reorganised European team. Andrew Wooden has been appointed Interactive Entertainment Content Director, managing the editorial for MCV, Develop, Toy News, PCR and more. Wooden is a former staff writer on MCV, and has worked on Future’s T3 publication. He was …