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After deciding toskip the Diretide event during Halloween 2013and failing to reveal the decision to Dota 2 players, Valve promised it would communicate better with players in the future. When it comes down to it though, the company feels software is the best form of communication. Read more at VG24/7 …

Unikrnannounced earlier this summer that it raised $7 million in venture capital from Dallas Mavericks owner andShark Tankstar Mark Cuban. Now, another celebrity investor is joining the Seattle-based eSports betting platform:Ashton Kutcher. Read more at GeekWire >>>

The arena shooter isn’t a new concept by any means. In the past we’ve had Team Fortress (not strictly an arena shooter) and Quake, which were both successful in their ways. The new age of arena shooters is accompanied by big money tournaments and audiences which far exceed conventional sports. …

In collaboration with eSports Team Dignitas, Corsair has revealed a Team Dignitas Edition gaming mouse and mat which are also available for ordering right now. Those of you who have previously bought their products would like to know that these are Corsair Gaming Sabre Laser gaming mouse and MM300 Anti-Fray …

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has surged to the top of Steam’s best sellers chart ahead of its worldwide release this week. Pre-orders for the title beat out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Psyonix’s hit Rocket League, with Ark: Survival Evolved and Pillars of Eternity rounding out …

Warner Bros has confirmed the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions of Mortal Kombat X have been officially cancelled. In a post on theMortal Kombat X forums, community manager Yorick confirmed what was more or less expected at this point. "After months of development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has come to …

Windows 10 has been installed on over 75m devices, Microsoft has announced. The figure is spread across 90,000 unique PC and tablet models,” along with 192 countries around the world, according to Microsoft’s blog. The post adds that more than 122 years of gameplay has been streamed from Xbox One …

Quite possibly the most eager anticipated PC game of Christmas has been delayed. XCOM 2, the sequel to the excellent 2012 game XCOM: Enemy Unknown (which was itself a remake of the equally bloody good UFO: Enemy Unknown) will now be arriving on February 5th, 2016. It’s a disappointment to …

Mobile title Pac-Man 256 has been downloaded over five million times. That’s according to publisher Bandai Namco, who has also revealed that it is the most-downloaded game in 98 countries in all categories, while in 104 regions for games sections. The firm has also announced that Pac-Man will be coming …

Former Epic and Gears of War developer Cliff Bleszinski has shown off the first in-game footage of his studio’s free-to-play FPS LawBreakers. The game, developed by Boss Key and published by Nexon – which acquired a minority stake in the developer last summer – continues the theme of gravity-defying action …