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The days of watered-down laptop graphics cards could soon be at an end. Nvidia is bringing its flagship GTX 980 GPU to a number of notebook devices. That’s right – the full-size, desktop GTX 980, rather than the laptop-friendly 980M offshoot that launched last year. What this means in practice …

North America’s largest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league has banned teams from displaying betting site sponsors in-game. The ESEA, who partner with ESL to provide the Pro League, issued a statement yesterday regarding teams who receive sponsorship from betting sites that deal with cosmetic in-game items. The statement, posted on the …

The owner of League of Legends team Odyssey is behind the decision to inflate prices of Daraprim – a toxoplasmosis treatment for Malaria and AIDS – by more than 50 times. Martin Cerebral” Shkreli first set up the eSports organisation Team Imagine in 2014, and has since acquired North American …

Although it has a thriving development community, Indonesia continues to struggle with the high cost of games. The Asian country is home to more than 80 developers, with the vast majority concentrating on mobile and browser titles. These include Agate Studio, which earlier this year was voted the most desirable …

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Pre-alpha version of tower defence game to be released on September 29th

The TV screen isn’t the only place to find innovative gameplay and gripping multiplayer. MCV gets physical with the finest board and card games out there It’s not long now until battered copies of Monopoly and Scrabble are extracted from dusty cupboards in anticipation of Christmas family gatherings. You might …

Intel Developer Blog: A selection of useful tools and libraries to help with your cross-platform development

Events editor George Osborn has departed Pocket Gamer. Osborn joined Pocket Gamer in 2014 and was responsible for all editorial for the site’s events. Prior to this he was head of editorial content for MagicSolver.com. He also runs his own site, Mobile Mavericks. Osborn plans to devote more time to …

Technical services provider picks up new clients Oculus, Amazon and Gearbox