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Hudson returns to Bioware to continue work on Anthem

OGN Apex Season 4 has finalised the 16 teams that’ll be competing, a week or so before the Season 3 championship is decided on July 29. The final teams were decided with the conclusion of the OGN Apex Challengers League, with Luxury Watch Red, GC Busan, NC Foxes, ROX Orcas, …

The Walking Dead and Blade Runner 2049 game developer seeks to strengthen its talent with the mixed reality specalists

Series C funding for the VR/AR tech company with J.P. Morgan staff joining the board

The ESL is among the longest-running esports organisations in the world. We talk to its UK chief, James Dean, about its operations in the UK and the opportunities for publishers The ESL has been around for 17 years, making it something of the old man of esports. It’s been highly …

The Overwatch League could be about to face its latest hurdle, a legal challenge from Major League Baseball, over OWL’s logo. This comes from the law firm Morrison Lee, who report that MLB, after seeing the Overwatch League’s logo in a weekly newsletter roundup of new corporate logos. This is …

When I spoke to Sam Braithwaite, it was halfway through Heroes of the Storm’s Mid-Season Brawl, a tournament set out by Blizzard to act as, well, the halfway point of the season. As the name suggests. Braithwaite, the esports franchise lead for Heroes of the Storm, is in good spirits. …

Psyonix’s car-based kickabout Rocket League is two years old this month, and while most toddlers can’t even string a sentence together, Rocket League has managed to mark itself out as one of the most promising esports of the generation. Over those two years, Rocket League has picked up 33m players, …

Sybo Games has appointed Amy Kalson as senior game developer. Kalson previously worked at EA as creative director and at Disney Interactive as senior design producer, and has also contributed to brands including Bejeweled and The Sims. In her new role, Kalson will play a key role in the continuing …