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Epic Esports Events has announced that EPICENTER: Moscow will feature the organiser’s second DOTA 2 tournament in June later this year.  Qualifiers will begin in May, when teams throughout Europe, the CIS, North America, China and other regions will compete for a spot in the tournament. The group stage will …

Are Japanese games making a resurgence or is Jem Alexander just imagining it? It’s been a tough decade for the region, but it feels like many developers are returning to form.

US students can take advantage of these AIAS scholarships to get into games

Fnatic has announced it will be partnering with the Chinese eSports agency B.O.O.T in order to tap into the growing eSports market in the country and promote better engagement between Eastern and Western eSports companies. The deal has come to fruition through the relationship between Fnatic’s Chief Gaming Officer, Patrik …

Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has announced his involvement in a football-related eSports project. Named efootball.pro, Piqué revealed the project on Twitter while asking for people who are passionate about football and eSports to “join us to create the future of football in eSports”. Piqué had already discussed his intention to …

Without any sort of forewarning, a VR game based on the Ghostbusters franchise has suddenly landed on PlayStation VR. The game is called Ghostbusters VR: Now Hiring and will be released episodically. Its official site carries a link to the PSVR title and carries PSVR branding. However, the game also …

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eSports betting site Unikrn has announced the Rocket League will join its roster of titles in Australia. However, the game’s developer Psyonix has moved quickly to disassociate itself from the move, with VP of publishing Jeremy Dunham telling GameSpot that: "Psyonix is not affiliated with Unikrn, nor do we support …

Microsoft has announced yet another controller option for the Xbox One. Launching next month, the Recon Tech Special Edition is the first is a new Tech Series of Xbox controllers. It’s priced at $69.99 in the US, where it will arrive on April 25th. In developing this new controller series, …

" not many senators or senior public servants would know the difference between a ghoul and an alghoul, and so would find it hard to advance in the video game known as The Witcher."