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The local body behind competitive gaming,Mind Sports South Africa(MSSA) has said in a statement that in order for South Africa to truly compete at an international level in eSports, more must be done at a school level. The MSSA believes that in order for eSports teams to become successful, a …

Having recovered from the heady heights of the second Major of the year, CS:GO tournament organisers have run into a week of reminders that not all events go swimmingly. Trouble began brewing at the start of the week as Slovenian tournament Gaming Paradise failed to begin on schedule as PCs …

A movie or TV series based on Psyonix’s car football title Rocket League could well be on the way. The firm’s VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham told MCV that Psyonix has been approached by a number of companies and individuals to discuss the possibility of there being a …

Sony has followed news of a price cut for PS4 in Japan by announcing that the machine’s Chinese price is also being reduced. Analyst Serkan Toto spotted a Chinese language press release confirming that the machine will October 1st drop from CNY 2,800 (284) to CNY 2,399 (244). That’s a …

SVP of Product Stewart Bonn explains how a new Unity API will help the social network accomplish this

The voice of an actually quite obscene number of video game’s most iconic characters has teased a big project on the way from Warner Bros. As per a recent spotlight feature on Grantland: Lastly, he’ll visit Warner Bros for a video game, another ‘big, big project’ that he can’t talk …

Super Mario Maker has made quite the impression during its first week on sale in Japan. The Wii U exclusive, which sees players construct their own 2D platforming levels from iconic elements of Nintendo’s flagship franchise, shot to the top of the software rankings, selling over 143,000 units. Mario’s ascent …

New start-up promises transparent development of debut game with weekly progress updates

Developers urged to take part in order to chart the size and diversity of the games industry

The new Star Wars mobile game Uprising was the best-selling free-to-play title on iPad last week. Uprising was released on September 9th and went straight to No.1. It was the seventh best-selling release on iPhone for the week, too. Meanwhile, Jonathan Topf’s Trick Shot was No.1 in the iPhone Paid …