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""We have people who work at Valve who can’t go home. They've been here for years."

Twitch has launched its new Communities feature, an open beta directory that allows creators and viewers to discover and share content based on their interests more easily. The service, which starts today, will supplement Twitch’s existing directory, but will also allow users to organise their profiles into interest or activity-based …

It’s unexpected to see a 400-year old play push the technological boundaries of live stage performance, but that’s exactly what the Royal Shakespeare Company has done with their latest production of The Tempest. Jem Alexander asks how games influenced the show.

Seven titles already on Humble's slate

DreamHack has announced that it will be running 10 Smash Bros tournaments this year, with Melee getting six and Smash 4 getting the other four.  Melee will make appearances at DreamHack DreamHack Austin, DreamHack Summer, DreamHack Atlanta, DreamHack Montreal, DreamHack Denver and DreamHack Winter.  Smash 4 (Wii U) will get …

Kabam: " game didn't meet our internal expectations"

Valve head honcho Gabe Newell has suggested that his company may be forced to hold The International outside of the US if travel restrictions get any worse. When speaking to Polygon, Newell said that if restrictions on who can enter the US get any worse the company may be forced …

It’s financial report season in the games industry, and several companies have revealed that digital sales are on the rise. Microsoft kicked things off stating its software sales and services revenue were up 18 per cent year-on-year, and that digital transactions reached $1bn [800m] this quarter. The company also revealed …

Overwatch has become the fastest Blizzard franchise to reach 25m players worldwide, with its Q4 monthly active users reaching a new franchise high, Activision Blizzard revealed in its Q4 financial results. Overwatch also now holds the record for the strongest launch year in terms of financial performance, beating the previous …

Cloud9 has announced that they will not be competing at the Intel Extreme Masters Katowice later this month, partly due to the new US travel restrictions.  According to the announcement from IEM, Cloud9 have chosen not to travel over to Poland to compete in order to focus on their run …