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WAGE 16 looks to enable developers to compete on world stage

The premium mobile title has made a big splash

Over the weekend indie developer Adriel MsMinotaur” Wallick proposed to Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, in Destiny. Wallick roped in the folks over at Bungie to help her out, getting them to add in a custom proposal emote and ring to allow her to pop the question properly. According to …

Titanfall 2 will ship with PlayStation 4 Pro support on the disk, meaning no update will be required to get it looking amazing on the upcoming console. Titanfall producer Drew McCoy revealed that support for the upcoming PS4 Pro is included on the disk when talking to fans on Twitter. …

After three weeks at the top, FIFA 17 has been pushed down to No.2 by another EA title, as Battlefield 1 debuts in top spot. According to GfK, this new entry in the franchise has outsold the combined week one sales for both 2013’s Battlefield 4 and 2015’s Battlefield Hardline. …

Retailer GAME is charging customers to try out PSVR, with 10 getting you 20 minutes with Sony’s new VR headset. Only certain stores appear to be running the promotion, and anyone wanting to try out PSVR must book a slot in advance, so it likely won’t appeal to those who …

Slingshot’s Andrew Kim had the chance to talk to Chris PapaSmithy” Smith at the League of Legends World Championship semifinals in New York’s Madison Square Garden. They talked about his thoughts on casting worlds, what makes him different than his fellow Korean scene casters and how he worked his way …

Last year, Canadian Dylan "Hotform" Mullins came in second at the Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon. Hotform won’t be returning to Anaheim this year, leaving HCT Americas Spring Champion Julien "Cydonia" Perrault-Harvey to carry the Great White North’s torch at the HWC 2016 group stage on BlizzCon Opening Week Oct. …

There are only a few days left until the biggest and most important tournament in the StarCraft 2 world. On 28 October 28, Artur ‘Nerchio’ Bloch begins his quest for a stake in the prize pool amounting to almost $500,000 at the WCS Global Playoffs. He will have to face …

Walking out of Madison Square Garden onto the chilly New York streets Saturday morning, the only way I could express the spectacle of the League of Legends World Championships semifinal between defending champion SK Telecom T1 and reigning South Korean champion ROX Tigers was with a simple smile. Read more …