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The Pokémon Company has announced that its 2015 Pokémon World Championships will offer $2m in prizes. Organizers have detailed locations and dates for the US Pokémon Winter Regional Championship tournaments. The US regional tourneys take place later this month at the following locations: St. Louis, MO: February 14-15 – St. …

Ubisoft has removed the beta label from its free-to-play dungeon crawler The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot. The game officially entered open beta just under a year ago, and though the publisher has pushed it through to official release, it still has plans to regularly release updates with new features …

Cattanach started in the games industry as the project manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in the creative services group back in 2008. Her background includes a Master’s in business and publishing and experience in the children’s book and toy industry at companies such as Penguin, BBC and Hasbro. My …

Kathrin Strangfeld has been a major part in Sony’s recent console developments, working as senior business development manager and launching over 80 different video services in over 30 SCEE terriotires. We don’t let just everyone come on board; we only want the best or most interesting content for our users …

A new subscription service for retro gamers that follows the successful Loot Crate formula has been unveiled. It’s called My Retro Game Box. Subscribers will each receive a random selection of retro games that are theirs to keep. The supported formats are NES, SNES, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Colour, …

Mobile firm hopes to follow success of Kim Kardashian smash hit

Hot on the heels of its successful venture with Kim Kardashian, Glu Mobile is eying a second celebrity endorsed title. Reuters reports that the company has teamed up with Katy Perry for a game featuring her likeness and voice. Such is the success of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood that Glu posted …

Following its successful crowdfunding campaign, we speak to the developers behind this unqiue educational mobile game

Intel has announced a $30,000 (19,600) tournament for female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. The event, to be played at Spodek Arena on March 15, the last day of ESL One Katowice, will invite four teams to compete for the prize. The Intel Challenge Katowice purports to be bringing in "the …

MOBA upstart Heroes of the Storm is now available to buy on the High Street at GAME. The 29.99 Founder’s Pack, which grants immediate access to the closed beta of the game, is the first time a Blizzard title has been available digitally at GAME. Heroes of the Storm will …