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London-based esports organisation H2K has again threatened to quit the EU LCS unless Riot makes changes to more closely mirror the franchise system used in the US. Earlier this month H2K claimed to be subsidising its League of Legends team to the tune of €2m a month. Now it has …

It looks like the Xbox 360 indie games programme won’t shut down today after all. The Xbox Live Indie Games store will remain online until October 7th, Eurogamer reports. ID@Xbox previously announced that the store would close today (September 29th) but it looks like it’s now been delayed. Eurogamer points …

An extensive report from YouGov has found that the UK lags behind every other surveyed country when it comes to esports awareness. The study found that 35 per cent of the population are aware of the esports, but that only seven per cent had ever watched it. Eight per cent …

For the charity's tenth anniversary, the aim is to raise $100,000 and the games industry has put full support behind the day

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds developer Bluehole has confirmed that it is indeed in discussions with Chinese gaming giant Tencent about a possible equity acquisition. Bluehole last month denied reports that Tencent had already invested in it, telling Games Industry that such reports were “not accurate”. However, speaking to Bloomberg, Bluehole co-founder and …

This week’s MCV is all about PC gaming. As it goes from strength to strength, we speak to manufacturers Intel, Nvidia and Dell about what’s next for the hardware industry. Final Fantasy XV is also getting a super-charged 4K Windows Edition next year, so we talk to Square Enix’s Hajime …

The public offering has already stopped due to being oversubscribed

The month long tour will go up and down the country, talking to students about the games industry

Benoit Provot, the lead QA project manager for Testronic's Warsaw office talks us through his day-to-day work and what he looks for in a new employee

Around 26 million shares were released at 27p a share to raise money for new projects