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Jem Alexander speaks with marketing and PR manager, Sean Walsh on VooFoo Studio’s tenth birthday

Daniel ‘dandaking’ De Sousa has qualified for the Quake World Championships. De Sousa, also known by his handle Astroboy, made headlines last month when he qualified for a US-based Quake Champions tournament while playing from his native Australia with a ping of over 200ms. The story here is largely the …

The 2017 festival set new records with over 50,000 attendees

Nintendo is facing a new lawsuit over the design of the Switch. According to Engadget,accessory maker Gamevice has taken issue with the tablet-based console, alleging that it has violated a patent used in the company’s Wikipad device, a gaming-focused Android tablet. Gamevice is also arguing that the Switch and its …

After a very successful 2017 edition, the London Games Festival is coming back bigger than ever in 2018. Games London just announced the dates for the 2018 edition, which will take place from April 5th to April 15th. The organiser also revealed some figures about this year’s festival, which gathered …

Company also saw a huge boost in cloud business despite missing estimates

For the second week in a row, Square Enix’s Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age has claimed both of the top spots in the Japanese weekly chart, according to the latest figures from Famitsu. Once again, the 3DS version of Square Enix’s successful RPG is proving to be …

Hearthstone’s Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion is out, and to celebrate, we opened 51 card packs from the expansion to see what came out. My wrists hurt from opening all of those cards, and I found myself six adorable Snowflipper Penguins, each less adorable than the last. Our 50 …

Millennial Esports, an event management and technology firm that offers turnkey solutions for the esports industry, has picked up a controlling stake in Eden Games. Eden Games are a Lyon based developer best known for mobile title Gear.Club. Millennial Esports has acquired 82.5% of the company for €9 million, in …

Reported by Kotaku, Blizzard want to do more to increase under-represented people in workforce