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eSports giant ESL has announced a huge Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament taking place in Dubai this September. The ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational will have $250k of prize money up for grabs across its three days. Six teams are confirmed – Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Natus Vincere, Virtus Pro, Team …

Tim Stamper tells all in his first interview since 2007

Xbox One owners will get a bumper collection of games if they buy the Gears of War: Ultimate Edition later this month. Microsoft has announced that console owners who buy the remastered title will now also get copies of Gears of War 2, Gears of War 3 and Gears of …

‘I thought we were a good fit’

Epic Games puts $60,000 towards a new design challenge that aims to explore the possibilities its widely-used engine affords for the realm of architectural visualisation

New tech priced from $30 a month

Sproing warns studios against dropping engines mid-development or between projects

Harmonix has confirmed that Amplitude won’t now arrive until the end of the year, and even then only for some backers. The rhythm action reboot was supposed to be with us this summer but will now not arrive until the end of 2015. Kickstarter backers who bought in to the …

It looks as if a release date for Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break could be announced at Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015 press briefing tomorrow. When asked on Twitter whether Gamescom will deliver a firm” release date for the game, Xbox boss Phil Spencer replied: "You’ll see on Tuesday. I think you’ll …

VMC’s Kirstin Whittle on why indie developers need to think about more than development