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Crytek’s Warface has a new publisher for Europe and North America. Starting from February 2017, the first-person-shooter will be published by My.com in the above territories. Crytek, meanwhile, will remain in charge of updates as well as its ongoing support. With My.com taking over all publishing and operations duties, the …

The Worms franchise has long been seen as one of the most competitive out there. Countless hours have been lost by many playing against friends on the sofa, with screams of laughter and more than a few arguments and disagreements. As new titles in the series have added new ideas …

Activision has announced that it will cap the amount of pro points professional Call of Duty players can earn in a single day.  Pro points are used to determine which teams will be invited to CWL LAN events, and will ultimately decide the teams that make it into the World …

Riot Games and Big Ten have announced a new partnership that will see a new Collegiate League of Legends competition be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. The competition will feature twelve teams from Big Ten schools and kicks off on January 30th. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, …

Crowdfunding and investment platform Fig has announced it’s secured $7.84m of funding in its first round of venture capital financing, a sum the company says will allow it to expand the number of game projects it can host going forward. VC firms Spark Capital and Greycroft led the round of …

Ronnie Screwvala, who made his money in film and TV in India, is set to invest almost $15 million into eSports in order to launch a major league in the country.  Screwvala’s company USports is looking to set up the competition, and is looking to broadcast it on TV both …

The American games market is on the rise, with consumer spending increasing by $200m in 2016. That’s according to a report from US games trade body the ESA and market tracker NPD, which says the nation’s games industry generated $30.4bn in 2016. 2015’s figure was $30.2bn. That includes revenue from hardware, software, …

The University of Toronto has become the first university in Canada to offer an eSports scholarship to students.  The Victor Xin Scholarship in eSports has been funded, as you may have guess, by Victor Xin a UoT alumnus who is a managing partner at an investment firm. Any undergraduate student …