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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 …

Rare Replay has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats UK Top 40. It’s the first No.1 the developer has had since 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64, and the first budget-priced title to reach the top spot since Wii Fit Plus in 2009. No other new releases …

The ensuing popularity of boxed video games has helped to slow the retraction of the UK’s physical goods market. The physical entertainment business (that’s games, films and music) shrank by three per cent during Q2 of 2015, ending July 5th, according to market tracker Kantar Worldpanel. That’s quite a significant …

Dota 2 tournament the International has concluded with American team Evil Geniuses coming out on top, and all five members becoming millionaires in the process. Kotakureports the squad is the first American team to win the eSports event, doing so by beating Chinese team CDEC 3-1 in a best-of-five Grand …

Rocket League has again came out ahead on Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart for yet another consecutive week. Like the past several weeks, Ark: Survival Evolved and GTA V finished in order right behind the hit mulitplayer game. The trio have been unmovable from the top three spots for …