ESL Legendary Series winner Hyerim ‘MagicAmy’ Lee is not a real person, according to accusation flying around the internet today. The Daily Dot reports that MagicAmy, who is signed to Andrey ‘Reynad’ Yanyuk’s team Tempo Storm, was accused in a Reddit post of being an online persona shared by multiple …
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Spintires digs itself out of a ditch, gets development back on track
Digital indie PC hit Spintires has been hauled out of its development limbo. The game dabbled with the top of the Steam charts last summer and even passed the 100k sales barrier. However, a dispute between developer Pavel Zagrebelnyy and publisher Oovee saw work on the Kickstarted project grind to …
Read More »Schafer: Criticism of Molyneux is ‘way out of proportion’
Monkey Island and Grim Fandango creator Tim Schafer has criticised the recent treatment of Peter Molyneux online and in the press. I’d like to send our support to friend and fellow developer Peter Molyneux,” he said in a Broken Age Kickstarter update video, which you can see below. In the …
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Tung Nguyen-Khac to head up online games firm from April onwards
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Sony is to spin-off many of its businesses as PlayStation, Sony Pictures and image sensors are being repositioned as the core of its new structure. The company intends to split its audio and video (TV) divisions from its main operations in the same way it did its Vaio PC business. …
Read More »Capcom has made big changes to Deep Down
Free-to-play PS4 RPG Deep Down IS still in development, but has undergone some big changes since it was first unveiled. It looks like Deep Down will take just a little longer,” Capcom’s consumer games development boss Yoshinori Ono told 4Gamer, as reported by Siliconera. It also looks like some people …
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Ubisoft’s experimental PC Grow Home could yet brand out onto other platforms. Want to see Grow Home on consoles?” game artist at Ubisoft Reflections Jack Couvela said. We have to prove ourselves on PC first, so tell every PC gamer you know they have to buy it!” He also said …
Read More »GAME reveals The Order: 1886 half-price trade-in offer
Consumers can get a 50 per cent discount on new PS4 title The Order: 1886 by trading in a select title at GAME. The retailer will sell the regular edition of the game at half price to anyone who trades in a copy of either Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, …
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[Industry news] XDS 2026 Insights Report is now live
The 2026 XDS Insights Report examines how external development partnerships are evolving as they become a core part of modern production pipelines. Based on input from 250+ industry professionals, the report shows an ecosystem moving beyond delivery risk and into a new phase shaped by coordination, governance, and long-term collaboration.
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