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In 2011, indie development studio D-Pad released a trailer for their upcoming title, Owlboy. The video promised a release date that same year for the indie pixel-art game. It would be another five years before Owlboy launched on digital storefronts. Oh, we made so many mistakes,” programmer Jo-Remi Madsen laughs. …

ROX Tigers, the team that placed second at Worlds last year and top four this year, have disbanded after player contracts expired.  Song "Smeb" Kyung-ho, Lee "KurO" Seo-haeng, Kim "PraY" Jong-in, and Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyeon have all seemingly left the team after their contracts expired on November 25th. Over the …

Only 4.7 per cent of UK physical sales of games are generated through indie retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s annual survey. Competing with High Street giants such as GAME and online behemoths like Amazon: that’s the daily struggle of indie retailers. Which is why distributor Koch Media decided to launch …

Foundation Update hopes to win over vocal fanbase

Pokémon Go emerges as the most played mobile game, beating out Puzzle & Dragons and Monster Strike.

Former StarCraft II player Lee “Flash” Young-ho has claimed that salaries for players in Korea were capped at 70 million won, which is roughly $60,000.  The revelation came during a livestream on Afreeca TV, which was then translated by Yahoo eSports. In the video Flash claims that teams and organisation …

UK creative agency Attention Seekers and American events giants Done & Dusted are teaming up for a new venture called AD+D. This new firm will be based in Santa Monica with the aim of raising the profile of games industry events, including helping to get competitive gaming more into the …

After months of radio silence, developer Hello Games has announced a sizeable new update for No Man’s Sky. Called the Foundation Update, this was revealed via the studio’s blog, and it promises some considerable improvements to the sci-fi survival title. According the post, this is’a foundation for things to come’ …

OSVR technology now integrated into Steam platform

Both Felipe "Misterio" Patricio Torres Carvacho and Tse "Tse444" Wa Ping will not be able to compete at the Capcom Cup this weekend.  They will be replaced by Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley and Fujimura "Yukadon" Atsushi.  No reasons for the drop outs have been given, but as is usually the case …