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Super Smash Bros 4 player Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada was the halftime entertainment at the last Sacramento Kings NBA match.  The NRG Smash player was brought in by the team to play against Caleb “8BIT Roc” Patton, a local Smash player who won a tournament to face off against Nairo. The …

The British eSports Association has made a statement saying eSports are not sports.  “Esports is not a sport, but a credible activity in its own right,” said the British eSports Association in a statement.  The statement comes after the BBC reported on eSports, which sparked a lot of debate about …

The latest update to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has added a ton of new content including a Method Man voice pack.  Method Man is best known as a rapper for his work in the Wu-Tang Clan, however he has also been a prolific actor, appearing in many movies and …

Valve has revealed the dates and location of The International 7.  The main event of the competition will again return to Seattle’s Key Arena between August 7th and 12th. This will be preceded by a group stage presumably taking place the week before.  Tickets for the event will go on …

Blizzard has finally added new Overwatch hero Orisa to the game’s competitive modes.  After launching on the PTR a few weeks back Orisa is finally available to pick when playing the game’s ranked modes, which are the modes that most people play.  This tactic is one that Blizzard hasn’t used …

Apple has finally implemented the ability for developers of iOS apps to respond to reviews left on the App Store. This functionality has been available on Google Play since 2013, and can play a key role in letting the community know that their views are being listened to and acted …

Series creator and From Software boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has quashed rumours of a Dark Souls 4. Dark Souls 3 DLC The Ringed City was released this week, bringing an end to the popular action RPG saga. And it sounds as if that end might be permanent. As I’ve said from …

The developer of online smash hit Rocket League has apologised for the game’s recent connectivity problems. In regards to both backend issues, and game server performance, we agree that the server outages and recent lengthy matchmaking times are totally unacceptable,” CEO Dave Hagewood said. We sincerely apologize to all of …

Ubisoft has announced that some of the Watch Dogs 2 content that was intended to be locked away behind a payment wall will in fact be offered to all owners for free. Team-based PvP mode Showdown was initially supposed to be part of the paid No Compromise expansion, but will …