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Valve has announced that there is now over 10,000 games on its Steam distribution platform. Valve announced the figure at its Steam Dev Days event, saying that over the last 10 years more than 10,000 games have hit the PC, Mac and Linux. While this news is great for Valve, …

Cuphead, the upcoming platformer that looks like a 1930’s cartoon, has been delayed into 2017, after originally being set for a 2016 launch. The title will now appear on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam in mid 2017. Hey everyone, we wanted to finish our game 80 years after 1936 …

The remasters of Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 have shipped more than 1.5 million units according to publisher Capcom. The remasters are available both digitally and physically in North America, where they shipped 1 million units, while in Europe they are only available digitally, with a physical release expected …

More than 20 million people have registered accounts for Blizzard’s shooter Overwatch. Considering Overwatch only launched in May that is an impressive amount of players. It is however important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Overwatch has sold over 20 million copies. People can create accounts if playing …

Develop catch up with mobile gaming powerhouses Kiz Studios

The leading names in games media gathered last night to celebrate the top writers, editors, presenters and broadcasters in the business. Hosted by the popular Simon ‘The Miller Report’ Miller, the event saw 250 guests from across the games media and wider industry attend London’s Sway Bar to celebrate the …

With the ending of ESL New York, the new world order of Counter-Strike has arrived. And that will be tested once again at EPICENTER. At the very top of the pack sits SK Gaming, Natus Vincere and Virtus.Pro, with each capable of beating the other. The strongest and most stable …

The League of Legends 2016 World Championship quarterfinals begin Thursday at 6 p.m. ET with what many expect to be the most lopsided series of the round: Group D winners Samsung Galaxy, the No. 3 seed from Korea, facing off against Group B second-place team Cloud9, the No. 3 seed …

Over the last year or so the world of competitive FIFA has exploded. Previously some of the players who became world champions didn’t earn enough from playing to make it a full time career, while many more weren’t even signed to an organisation, instead floating around the scene as free …

I wrote up a League of Legends World Championship power ranking before the tournament began two weeks ago. Now that we’re on the verge of the quarterfinals at the historic Chicago Theatre, it’s time to see how wrong I truly was and try to right some wrongs from the initial …