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At Insomnia last week, we sent Mike Stubbs to chat to GAME’s Belong and esports platform manager Jay Smith about the company’s efforts to get new players engaged with esports using grassroots tournaments and the retailer’s chain of venues. How did GAME get involved with esports, and what’s next? Mike …

Jem Alexander investigates how Fractured Space developer Edge Case Games is taking advantage of open development and Early Access to improve the quality of the game

In revealing the deal, NiP’s CEO Hicham Chahine has said: “At Ninjas in Pyjamas, we value long-term partnership. And it is with this spirit we have decided to stay on Twitch with our live streaming content.” “The agreement gives us the opportunity to reach our established streaming audience for the …

StarCraft has just received its first patch in eight years, and celebrated the occasion by making StarCraft and it’s expansion, Brood War, free to download too. None of this is entirely unexpected. In 2016 a StarCraft patch labelled 1.17 appeared on Blizzard’s FTP site, vanishing before it ever went live. …

The addressable market for Gear VR and Google Daydream headsets has now reached 191m worldwide. That’s according to the latest figures from Newzoo, whose Global Smartphone and Tablet Tracker has estimated how many mobile devices are currently compatible with both bits of hardware. In February, 184.4m devices worldwide were compatible …

Sony Veteran Dave Ranyard has moved on to found a new team, Dream Reality Interactive. Will Freeman finds an outfit convinced there's new gameplay conventions to be found in VR

Apple will usher in the 10th anniversary of the iPhone with three new handsets this autumn. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that the top-end model will boast a brand new design including a curved screen that covers almost the entirety of the device’s front. Full edge-to-edge displays are very …

The fine comes for the team failing to abide by German employment rules when handing out contracts. An internal investigation by Riot back in March revealed that Origen had given both its substitute players and head coach contracts that didn’t comply with agreements for social security, taxes, and healthcare that …

The Nintendo Switch has only been out for a little over a month, but already one analyst has said that it believes a new iteration could be in the works. As reported by Bloomberg, Citigroup says that despite the Switch’s early success, Nintendo is locking out a large part of …

A new League of Legends server has emerged in China, admitting only the chosen few that have attained Diamond rank in the game. Currently, this prestigious server is only available in China, due to the game’s client operating differently in the region. While most regions will drop you straight into …