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Misfits Academy has played its last official game, after the team won promotion to the EU League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) on April 13. The promotion has created a flaw for Misfits Academy, who belong to the Misfits eSports organisation, as the LCS has strict rules about multi-team …

Film production company RSA has announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the creation of VR, AR and mixed media. RSA was founded by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott in 1968. The new VR division will be headed up by Jen Dennis, who recently collaborated with RSA on …

After a win in April’s Overwatch Monthly Melee, Overwatch team Rogue, owned by Dj Steve Aoki, has announced that it will head to South Korea to compete in season three of OGN’s Overwatch APEX. The team, comprised entirely of French players but currently live together in a team house located …

Super Smash Bros. Melee player David “Kira” Kim has retired due to injury, claiming an ongoing problem with his left index finger as the reason behind his departure. Kim was ranked the 86th best Melee player in the world last year in the annual Top 100 Players list compiled by …

PLAYERUNKNOWN’s BATTLEGROUNDS is both obnoxiously capped and the best selling game on Steam right now, with Korean developers Bluehole claiming the title sold its first million copies just 16 days after launching onto Steam’s Early Access program. The game is already a success, but could it find itself joining the …

Resource manager Nick Duncombe talks about Playground Games growth and the studio’s new triple-A project, for which it’s looking to hire around 100 developers

A new League of Legends trailer has emerged on several Riot social media feeds, teasing a Dark Star-themed game mode for League of Legends. It’s expected that this new mode could show up in Patch 7.9, which is expected shortly. As two heroes have already been released in Patch 7.8, …

Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan has come forwards to say that nothing Overwatch related will be announced at E3. Overwatch fans have had a rough weekend, with the hype train getting underway after Terry Crews posted a video claiming he would be making an announcement at E3. In the video …

Chinese internet giant Alibaba has partnered with the Olympic Council of Asia in a bid to bring esports to the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games. The Asian Games, known as Asiad, are the second largest multi-sports event after the Olympic Games, and so the partnership between the OCA and Alibaba, …

As Studio Wildcard announces a new scheme to help compensate its modding community financially, Sean Cleaver got to speak to the team and find out more about their modding ambitions