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To me, what matters most has always been to make people happy; it was one the main reasons that drove me to work in the video games industry. As a child, I was passionate about video games, and I really wanted to be involved and to be able to share …

A lot of effort has been put into encouraging kids to code, and utilising the Nintendo Switch for the job seems like a very smart move. That’s exactly what Fuze intends to do with the confirmation that its Code Studio software will receive a release on Nintendo’s new console in …

In an interview with Esports Pro, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime has said that the company believe that “esports is going to continue growing.” Morhaime has also said that he ‘loves esports’, and although he watches many of the big events for Blizzard’s titles, he’s still a “huge” Starcraft 2 fan. …

Publisher TopWare has responded to the criticisms levelled at recent changes to seven year old RPG Two Worlds II. It was revealed yesterday that the Steam version of the game has seen the introduction of a microtransaction store that offers players the option of buying items that expedite progress. However, …

When Twitch announced in March it was going to sell games and give creators and developers the chance to earn a cut of each sale, the industry wasn’t sure what to make of it – though a potential competitor for Steam looked to be a major positive. While the platform …

Consumers are now able to buy the HTV Vive at more US retailers than ever before. The company has announced a large online retail expansion” that sees the virtual reality hardware become available from BestBuy.com, Walmart.com, Jet.com and B&H. These retailers mark a massive expansion of our online retail presence …

SK Gaming has lifted the trophy on the CS:GO Dreamhack Summer tournament, beating out home team Fnatic in a tense 2-1 victory. It’s a good start to a summer campaign that’s going to see SK competing at the ECS Season 3 finals next week and the Krakow Major a month …

After two successive months as the best selling console hardware in the US, Nintendo Switch has slipped back behind the PS4. NPD hasn’t released any numbers, so we don’t know by how much Switch sales fell or PS4 grew. By the same token, the Switch stock situation seemingly remains a …

“We need to keep up the pace, and make sure no one can keep us with us.” said Dob ‘Quackniix’ Engstrom in a press conference at Dreamhack moments after Fnatic beat Team Dignitas 4-3 in a best of 7 series to win the Mid-Season Brawl of the Heroes of the …

At a pre-finals conference for Heroes of the Storm’s HGC Mid-Season Brawl, players from Fnatic and Dignitas came together to talk about their upcoming match, when questions turned to the two teams playful trash talk towards each other. “I want to be clear that it’s never serious,” said Dob ‘Quackniix’ …