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VideoGamer.com head of video production Simon Miller explains how the site’s comedic approach to E3 helped it stand out from the crowd For E3 2015 VideoGamer – from a video standpoint – decided to try something different. Using comedy as a basis for the majority of our video output has …

UK PC retailer Overclockers has announced three new PCs that it intends to sell on the strength of their streaming credentials. The StreamR Elite System can be equipped with a range of Nvidia graphics cards and includes an Intel Core i7-5820K CPU, all of which is plugged into MSI X99S …

For the first time in eSports history a League of Legends team has finished the season undeafeated. The Daily Dot reports that Fnatic won all 18 matches of its League Championship Series season. The previous best season performance was posted by Cloud9 in 2013 when it finished the season at …

We speak to the studio's co-founder Ben Murch about creating one of the first mobile games to use Epic's latest engine

Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has claimed that Devil’s Third is so good it will mark a watershed moment in the action game genre. A creator hyping their game is nothing new, of course, although Itagaki is doing so against a backdrop of fierce criticism for his Wii U title, …

Valve made more than $730m in revenue from Steam and its own games in 2014, according to a report. Market data firm SuperData providedThe Knowwith estimated revenues for both Valve’s digital marketplace and its top three games DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike Global Offensive.Those titles were said to …

DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 accrued over $400m last year

PC graphics specialist Nvidia has confirmed that it is helping Rocksteady and Warner Bros in their efforts to fix Batman Arkham Knight. "We’re fixing a ton of things that are not necessarily related to us," Nvidia’s Tom Peterson told MMORPG.com, as reported by Polygon. "Some of it may be related …

Unity’s technical evangelist Josh Naylor explains how to integrate Microsoft’s IDE with the popular engine

Rory McIlroy has done the double, staying at the top of the charts for a second week – making it the very first golf game to do so in the UK. Rory McIlory PGA Tour – the first title in the franchise without the name of former box star Tiger …