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A Korean presidential candidate, Moon Jae-in, has released a pair of custom StarCraft maps for download, celebrating the game’s free-to-play release. It’s not like Jae-in doesn’t have anything better to do, either. He’s running as the candidate for the Minjoo Party of Korea, also known as the Democratic Party of …
Read More »Psyonix and Tencent team up for Chinese Rocket League release
Psyonix has announced a partnership with Tencent Holdings Limited to bring Rocket League to China. Psyonix is the developers of Rocket League, the phenomenally successful ‘cars playing football’ game that’s captured the imagination of competitive organisations around the world, and Tencent is the Chinese holdings company that owns, among its …
Read More »Ludum Dare turns XV
As the industry’s most famous global game jam hits an important anniversary, Jem Alexander talks to co-founder Mike Kasprzak to find out how we got here, and where it’s heading in the future
Read More »Russian football club Spartak Moscow entering CS:GO, LoL, DOTA2
Russian football club Spartak Moscow took a first tentative step into esports last September when they picked up FIFA player Sergei “KEFIR” Nikiforov, as part of the team. Now, their looking to expand into competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Dota 2 with the announcement made at a …
Read More »Luis “Peacemaker” Tadeu to coach North American Counter-Strike team Misfits
Misfits have confirmed that Luis Tadeu will be staying on as the American Counter-Strike team’s coach. Tadeu, known by his handle, Peacemaker, joined the team on a trial basis recently and was spotted coaching the team at a tournament last month. He’s had a busy few months. Tadeu left Liquid …
Read More »Opinion: Experience Points
2017 is shaping up to be one of the best years in gaming history, but there’s something on the horizon that's getting Jem Alexander even more excited than the recent slew of fantastic games
Read More »Palmer Luckey’s Trump donations see Chrono Trigger make global headlines
What’s the betting that Chrono Trigger’s Wikipedia page has enjoyed record traffic in the last few hours? In an odd turn of events, The Washington Post has discovered that now departed Oculus founder Palmer Lucky has been surreptitiously donating to Donald Trump via shell companies with names relating to 1995 …
Read More »Bayonetta estimated to have sold 100k+ on Steam
It seems as if the surprise arrival of Bayonetta on Steam has been a big success. PCGamesN reports that SteamSpy numbers suggest there are somewhere in the region of 114k owners of the game on Valve’s service. The Platinum developed action outing, which is published by Sega, was released on …
Read More »New Gear VR will be ‘neck-and-neck’ with Google Daydream in 2017 – SuperData
Samsung’s second-generation Gear VR headset is estimated to ship 6.7m units this year, says market research firm SuperData, putting it "neck-and-neck" with Google’s Daydream devices. SuperData predicts that Google’s open source Daydream headsets, including those made by third-party manufacturers, will ship 6.8m units this year, putting it just ahead of …
Read More »ESL UK confirmed as production partner for Vainglory Spring Championship
ESL UK has been confirmed as the exclusive production partner for the Vainglory Spring Championship in May. This means they’ll be partnering with Vainglory developer Super Evil Megacorp for the tournament, which will take place in Building Six at London’s O2 between the 19-21 May. The event will pitch six …
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