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The crowdfunded prize for MSI is currently edging towards $1.7m, with fans contributing $1.4m to the prize pool by purchasing the Conquerer Karma and Conquerer Ward skins. In a similar fashion to Valve’s work with The International and its compendium, 25% of sales of the two skins go towards the …

Gaming and charity have had a long and varied history together, with many initiatives looking to get gamers and those who enjoy gaming to donate to charity. War Child are one of the charities that seems to have really embraced this. For the last several years, the charity has worked …

When Usain Bolt lined up for the Rio Olympics 100m final, he was wearing Puma spikes. Other athletes in the final were also relying on Puma, but also Nike, Adidas and New Balance, with no single brand dominating the field – either through commercial clout or superior technology. Compare that …

The series is the one of the last regular EA releases to be moved on to DICE's engine

OpTic Gaming has cemented their Call of Duty credentials by becoming the first team to go undefeated in the CWL Global Pro League. OpTic is the first team to have ever managed a 6-0 undefeated run in a regular season of the CWL Global Pro League. Bizarrely, their win against …

Esports company Gfinity has had a big shake-up at the top, with six new appointments after recently announcing it’s raised £6.2m in a big investment round. Gfinity is appointing Bryan Healy as chief strategy officer, Justin Mier as chief marketing officer, Tarum Rose as chief operating officer, Amanda Lawson as …

League of Legends has long been without voice chat, meaning disparaging remarks and enthusiastic calls for defence have had to take place over text chat as opposed to audio. However, that’s about to change, it seems. A Q&A session with Riot Korea ended up on Reddit, which has said that …

Green Man Gaming has appointed Lesley McDiarmid as head of corporate partnerships. The former head of entertainment at MCV and Develop will now lead all corporate and B2B partnership projects at the e-commerce games and technology company. Green Man Gaming is aiming to rapidly grow its B2B partnerships with leading …

It seems like one particularly operator is causing trouble in the Rainbow Six Siege meta. That operator is Glaz, the Russian Spetznaz sniper that for a long time was considered a weak pick: a sniper in a game focussing on close-quarters battle seemed worthless, and this was reflected in his …

Print and digital editions out now, featuring a showcase of freelance artists and an exclusive look behind the scenes of Milestone