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Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program has come a long way since it first started in 2013. While the curated self-publishing program’s first titles included smaller indie games such as Drinkbox Studios’ Guacamelee and Nicalis’ 1001 Spikes, it’s now home to some of the biggest and most ambitious independently developed titles the industry’s …

The public spat between Gearbox and key reseller G2A has taken another twist. Gearbox recently got itself into a pickle by teaming up with G2A for the promotion of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. It was only after going public that Gearbox seemed to become aware of G2A’s controversial background. It …

Team17’s expansion into the US marks a milestone in the company’s growth and benefits everyone from the publisher itself to the developers it represents globally. Jem Alexander finds out how

A gaming giant has come to roost in the UK capital and it is establishing a place where games developers may find themselves working alongside magicians, as Will Freeman finds out

Purchases made using new fun-bucks currency: Minecraft Coins

Indian market for games is growing exponentially

The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has attempted to quell the criticism it has faced over a recent trademark filing. The studio came in for some heat recently when it was discovered that it had filed a trademark for ‘cyberpunk’. People were not happy for fear that the …

With the DreamLeague Season 7 qualifiers set to start today, Vega Squadron have finally revealed the members of their new Dota 2 roster.  Ilya ‘Alohadance’ Korobkin, Sergey ‘G’ Bragin, Vasily ‘Afterlife’ Shishkin, Airat ‘Silent’ Gaziev and Semion ‘CemaTheSlayer’ Krivulya are the five players for the new roster. The organisation mentioned …

The Miami Heat backed organisation Misfits has signed Armando "Angelic" Mejia, a fighting game player known for his Marvel vs Capcom skills. The move comes just months before Marvel vs Capcom Infinite is due to launch, with Angelic saying that he intends to compete in the new title.  Angelic becomes …

Swiss Football Club FC Lausanne-Sport has purchased the Qualitas Helvetica eSports organisation.  The org will now operate as Lausanne-Sport eSports, but outside of that little will change in the immediate future. The org has teams in FIFA, CS:GO, Overwatch Hearthstone and Rocket League, and may be looking to expand even …