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Often derided as passive gameplay, are quick time events and button prompts actually a wonderful and emotional way to the close a story? Sean Cleaver recalls his experiences with relinquishing control in finales

Kim ‘Geguri’ Se-yeon has signed with the Korean Overwatch team ROX Orcas, making her the first female player to compete in the OGN Overwatch Apex tournament. Se-yeon is perhaps best known as the Zarya main so good that she was accused by several players of using hacks in June 2016, …

In a new series of articles from Sumo Digital, the UK studio opens its doors to show us what they do and how you can get involved.

Team Liquid has entered PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, picking up four well-known players to compete at the forthcoming Gamescom invitational. Team Liquid are well known for their work in League of Legends, Overwatch and Hearthstone, and they join TSM and Cloud 9 as endemic esports organisations throwing down in the forthcoming Gamescom …

In Part Three of our publishing roundtable, we discuss the rise of digital. With digital becoming more important to publishers’ balance sheets, we ask publishers about competition in the marketplace and whether any improvements have been made to discoverability. In case you missed it, in Part One of our publishing roundtable, we …

Square Enix has released its latest quarterly results for the three months ending June 30th 2017, and the company’s net sales increased by 11.3 per cent year-on-year to reach 57bn, the company has reported. Operating income, meanwhile, rose by 43.9 per cent to 12.8bn. The company’s digital entertainment division also …

Summer goes by and charts remain the same. For its second month on shelves, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has taken the top spot in the monthly UK rankings again, with sales only declining 21 per cent in July. This contributed to Activision Blizzard being able keep its top …

Joshua ‘Vicarrak’ Lloyd, a flex player for Australian esports outfit Dark Sided, was removed by the organisations Heroes of the Storm team without warning, according to Tweets from Lloyd. Lloyd joined the team on the 8th June 2017, along with the rest of the roster, before Dark Sided earnt a …

Gfinity is launching its Challenger and Elite Series’ in Australia, via a strategic partnership with Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), which has seen the pair co-create Gfinity Esports Australia. Gfinity Esports Australia will be seeking to offer a complete turnkey esports solution for brands, sports teams and publishers. However, the …

Zynga posted its best revenue and booking performance in four years during Q2 2017, with revenue reaching $209.2m, up from $181.7m this time last year, and 21m daily active users compared to Q2 2016’s 18m DAUs. However, Midia Research analyst Karol Severin has told MCV that the company’s main focus …