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Club Penguin, the online social MMO aimed towards kids, is being closed down in about a month, but that hasn’t stopped the speed running community rallying round it in its last days.  There has always been somewhat of a Club Penguin speed run, with players trying to get 500 coins …

In a surprising move US TV network the CW has announced that it will air the upcoming H1Z1: Fight for the Crown competition.  The competition will see 15 teams, including Echo Fox, Denial eSports, Panda Global and Rouge Gaming, fight it out for a share of $300,000 with the event …

Minute Media, a large sports media company that owns the likes of 90min and 12up, has announced its plans to venture into the world of eSports coverage.  The company has managed to raise $15 million through VC funding to expand its operations, with the launch of its new eSports service …

The full schedule of the Capcom Pro Tour will be announced next week.  A tweet from the Capcom Fighters account revealed that the full details of the tour will be announced on Monday, February 27th.  There has been a lot of rumours about the format of the Pro Tour after …

This comes after November acquisition of Red Fly Studios.

High growth in games industry means New Zealand desperate for more high level talent to fill vacancies

With the hunt for a new Earth very much the fashion right now, Icelandic developer CCP has announced that EVE Online players will soon be able to do their bit. Yesterday NASA announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting dwarf star Trappist-1, around 40 light years from Earth. The …

eSports will get another mainstream spot in the sun in April when Daybreak’s H1Z1 hits The CW. The competition, called H1Z1: Fight for the Crown, will boast a $300k prize pool. Echo Fox, Rogue Gaming, Denial eSports and Panda Global are all confirmed, with 11 more teams to follow. The …

Kickstarter campaigns take too much time, and are harder to market than they used to be

Communicating the magic of VR to someone without physically strapping a headset to them remains a challenge – but a new software tool could prove to be a big help. VentureBeat reports that Canadian developer Blueprint Reality has launched a tool called MixCast VR that allows VR players to stream …