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Aaron ‘Ace’ Elam, one of Halo’s most well-known professionals, has found himself cut loose from Team Liquid just a few days before roster lock for the HCS Pro League. Elam announced the news on Twitter, tweeting to state that he was released from Team Liquid’s roster on Monday. It’s a …

The MOBA developer has raised the funds in order to expand studio space and solidify company sdevelopent strategy

After its initial announcement back in July, Steel Media has now launched its brand-new PC games industry website, PCGamesInsider.biz, together with its new PC Connects event, which launches at the PG Connects Helsinki conference in September. Run by former MCV deputy editor Alex Calvin, the b2b PC site will cover …

The home screen is being restructured again to add user customerisation, with select Insider Program user getting alpha access right now

Esports games and their players generate a lot of data for developers. DC Labs visualisation and data analytics experts Florian Block and Anders Drachen talk about how we can put this data to even better use

Team Liquid is looking to disband their Overwatch team and sell their slot in Overwatch Contenders, with Season 2 starting on August 14. That’s the story according to ESPN, who claim sources close to the matter have confirmed this. Team Liquid haven’t responded to comment, but it would fit with …

Hot off the back of its latest expansion, Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV has now surpassed 10m cumulative players worldwide. That figure does, admittedly, include free trial accounts, but to put that number in perspective, that’s still more than the total population of Scotland and Wales combined. …

The daily active user (DAU) is a common engagement metric, often used in gauging companies’ performance and value. In gaming, however, DAUs vary markedly across mobile, PC, console and social. The differences are seen in penetration rates, demographics, engagement and spending trends. As the silo walls between gaming formats gradually …

Toys-to-life has had something of a rough ride of late after the shutdown of Disney Infinity. As some analysts have argued in the pages of MCV, that downturn may have been overstated, but it’s clear the genre still has its problems. Ubisoft’s exciting new Starlink: Battle for Atlas, however, looks …

Newly formed publisher Keystone Games has announced it’s bringing Big Fat Alien and Blue Sock Studio’s fantasy FPS title Rogue Islands out of Early Access into a full worldwide release this September. Keystone Games, which is currently headed up by industry veteran Jane Rachel Whittaker, will also be supporting the …