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Rocket League fell from the top spot of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart for the first time since its launch, as Ark: Survival Evolved was able to retake peak position thanks to a discount offer. Promotions meaningfully shook up the top five for the first time in nearly two months. …

Two men who seemed intent on a shooting spree at the 12th Pokemon World Championships in Boston have been arrested. The Daily Beast Reports that 27-year-old James Austin Stumbo and 18-year-old Kevin Norton, who had been invited to play at the tournament, were stopped when trying to enter the Hynes …

One weekend. Two events. Three countries, three stadiums. While theLCS Summer Finalswere going on in both New York and Stockholm, the biggest Counter-Strike event of the year, ESL One,was also being held in Cologne. Millions watched the events from home, but what makes for a more impressive visual are the …

Coke has spent the past two years connecting to eSports fans through Riot Games’ League of Legends Championship Series. From Aug. 22-23, the top North AmericanLeague of LegendseSports teams will battle at Madison Square Garden for a chance to go to Europe and compete for the world championship in Berlin. …

Fantasy sports giant AlphaDraft have announced a new partnership with developerHi-Rez Studios for the SMITE Pro League This is anindependent eSports league based around their popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game SMITE. The details of the partnership are that both companies will work together to provider users with real-time …

When competitive video game players gather in Germany this weekend for ESL One Cologne, the world’s largestCounter-Strike: Global Offensivetournament, they will be subjected to an E-sports first: the Electronic Sports League will conduct random testing for drugs on the World Anti-Doping Association’s (WADA) banned substances list, including marijuana, stimulants, and …

An update to Steam Early Access hit Darkest Dungeon that significantly increased the difficulty has led to a climb down of sorts from its developers. The game has received plenty of attention from the press and streamers, but a recent update introduced two new mechanics – Heart Attacks and Corpses. …

Sega’s Football Manager Handheld and the Pocket Edition of Mojang’s Minecraft topped the iPhone and iPad charts respectively. Football Manager Handheld 2015 went to No.1 in the iPhone charts as last week’s top spot holder The 7 Second Challenge falls to sixth place. Meanwhile, Ninja Kiwi’s Bloons TD 5 and …

We catch up with the OlliOlli dev and Develop Awards 2015 winner

Warner says that the first of its interim patches for the broken PC version of Batman Arkham Knight has been submitted for testing. The teams have been working hard to address the issues with the PC version of the game,” Warner said. We are happy to confirm that we are …