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Riot Games have announced that League of Legends’ North American Challenger Series is going to be adopting a best-of-three round-robin format, effective immediately. The Academy League is expected to take over in 2018, and so the NA CS is being prepared for the transition and responding to feedback from Challenger …

Stature PR has appointed industry veteran Tim West as its new business and digital director to help support the firm’s current range of services. In his newly-created role, West will lead the division’s new business operations and will also be responsible for growing the company’s digital offering in both the …

Sean Cleaver asks UK games studios and recruiters what they look for in an artist, the skills they need to display when applying for roles and how creating a varied portfolio is key

The games market is always changing and games marketing has always changed with it. But with ever-increasing post-launch revenues, it seems there’s something more symbiotic between the design and content of the games and the campaigns that support them.  We sit down with Tarquin Henderson, head of EMEA console gaming …

Boxed specialist Sold Out is partnering with Team17 to bring The Escapists 2 to retail, the publisher has announced. Arriving on shop shelves this summer, The Escapists 2 will receive a boxed release for PS4 and Xbox One, but not for Nintendo Switch (at least at time of writing). This …

The NBA, hot on the heels of announcing their own esports league with NBA franchises taking part, have set their sights on China. NBA China’s CEO David Shoemaker was talking to CNBC about the NBA’s expansion and how he’s optimistic that esports expansion to China has great potential, when he …

Hello America. At this time of year our minds (and bodies) go transatlantic for E3, so we thought we’d showcase just a few of the brilliant British businesses that you Americans could be working with from our side of the pond. We have a huge variety of firms here that …

Develop speaks to VP of content and marketing, Adam Simmons, to see what the video on demand service can do for promoting your game

OpTic Gaming have announced a deal with Twitch that will see that stream exclusively on the platform. The move is a positive one for Twitch and OpTic. Twitch can count on the support of OpTic Gaming’s huge social following with OpTic’s fanbase, called the “Green Wall”, lending their support to …

In news that will be of little surprise to anyone, it has been confirmed that Shenmue 3 will not arrive this year. I know you are all eagerly anticipating the release of Shemue III, however, we unfortunately we must delay its release,” creator Yu Suzuki said. Shenmue III started with …