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One of the most powerful figures in sports broadcasting has questioned the rising legitimacy of eSports. Re/code reports that ESPN president John Skipper has said that eSports is not a sport”, adding: It’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports.” …

Vechey is final co-founder to leave casual games firm

The Doom designer on why good game design will be more important to his success than next-gen technology

The latest iteration of EA’s The Sims series is No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats charts this week. This is a pretty remarkable feat given that the game is only available on PC – and these charts don’t take into account digital sales, either. So it’s fair to say …

Bungie is offering those who buy its new shooter Destiny on PS3 or Xbox 360 a free copy of the game on next-gen consoles. The offer is limited to digital editions of the game and is limited to PS3-to-PS4 and Xbox 360-to-Xbox One upgrades. In both instances once the game …

The release of Dead Rising 3 for Windows had Capcom’s title out in front on Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. The PC version – dubbed Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition – finished ahead of regular chart-toppers Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and DayZ. Behind the trio, Civilization: Beyond Earth and …

Mortal Kombat X – the next effort in NetherRealm’s fighting franchise – will launch next April on multiple platforms, publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has announced. The upcoming title was unveiled earlier this summer, first by a retail listing that leaked and later through official confirmation from the studio and publisher. …

John Vechey is leaving PopCap after nearly 15 years with the studio, parent company EA has announced. A post on EA’s site shares a memo to employees in which both EA Mobile president Frank Gibeau and Vechey himself address the departure. "Many of you know me as the energetic, happy-go-lucky …

The video below offers a glimpse on how users are able to play Bungie’s upcoming shooter Destiny on their Vita. Bungie has optimised the game’s controls for Sony’s handheld, mapping the grenade and melee buttons that are normally found on the DualShock 4’s second set of shoulder buttons to the …

One of the PSOne’s more obscure titles could be heading for a resurrection. Gematsu reports that Sony has filed a trademark from the Vib-Ribbon brand in Europe. The game, from the developers of PaRappa the Rapper, was released in 2000 (although only in Japan and Europe). It even received a …