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After livestreaming events, eSports gain new audiences through video on demand on YouTube. Watching videos of other people playing video games has become the new Saturday morning cartoons for millennials—except they’re doing this every day, according to Ryan Wyatt, global head of content for gaming at YouTube. Read more at …

Following the runaway success of his first indie release Her Story, Sam Barlow discusses why he left triple-A to develop on his unique vision for the game

Hidetaka Miyazaki, the man behind Demon’s and Dark Souls, as well as Bloodborne, already has plans for the follow-up to Dark Souls 3. Speaking to GameSpot, Miyazaki said that the third entry in From Software’s gothic RPG franchise, set for release early next year, would be a ‘turning point’ for …

Latest release optimised for PS4 and Xbox One

The number of visitors at this year’s Gamescom rose year-on-year. 345,000 people attended the Cologne-based trade show, an increase of 10,000 on last year’s attendance figures. These visitors came from 96 countries. Of that figure, 33,200 were trade visitors – an increase of five per cent year-on-year. 806 companies from …

MOBA title launching in China as studio gets ready to launch new International Premier League

The ESRB has ruled, and somehow, some way,MicrosoftMSFT-0.26%‘sHalo 5: Guardianshas landed itself a Teen rating. While it seems logical for the largely gore-freeHaloseries, it is the firstHalogame ever to land itself a T-for-Teen instead of M-for-Mature from the ratings board. What’s different this time around? See if you can tell: …

If you ever needed proof of the positive power of the digital revolution, then look no further than the adventure game. Seven years ago, the point-and-click adventure was a dead genre. There was a a Broken Sword here, a handful of budget releases there, but on the whole adventure games …

Deadline for Development and Marketing awards is August 17th

Mobile title Lara Croft GO is launching on both iOS and Android later this month. Publisher Square Enix announced that its turn-based mobile Lara Croft game will be launching on August 27th. This is the second entry in the firm’s GO series. The first was Hitman GO which launched last …