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Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Debbie Bestwick
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Read More »UPDATED: League of Legends tournament restricts LGBT players
A Filipino tournament for female League of Legends players has come under fire after issuing new rules restricting the number of LGBT players allowed per team. The organisers, Garena eSports – a subsidiary of the country’s internet platform provider and exclusive distributor of LoL in South-East Asia – made light …
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Raspberry Pi is positioned to become the bestselling UK-made computer of all time, according to a new BBC report. Ahead of Raspberry Pi 2’s launch later this month, founder Ebon Upton tells BBC that lifetime sales for Raspberry Pi have reached 4.5m – just 500,000 shy of overtaking the ZX …
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Sony’s streaming service PlayStation Now has added a handful of PlayStation 3 titles to its all-you-can-play lineup. According to an announcement post on the US PlayStation Blog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, God of War II HD, Red Faction Armageddon, Arcana Heart 3 and Galaga Legions DX are available for subscribers …
Read More »MineCon 2015 heads to London this summer
Mojang has announced the return of its Minecraft fan convention MineCon for 2015, and London will play host. The recently acquired Microsoft studio reveals the event will take place July 4th and 5that the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre,with 10,000 tickets going on sale later this month in two …
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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