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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 …

Last week, Valve announced and made available for purchase the Dota 2 Fall 2016 Battle Pass. Rejoice! Alongside more familiar compendium-ish fare (unique items, quests, etc.), the Battle Pass marks the return of Rylai’s Battle Blessing. The minigame is a lovely bit of skeuomorphism; the digital roulette wheel whirls round …

Jacky "EternaLEnVy" Mao wrote a 7,000 word blog accusing his former team, Team Secret, of taking an unwarranted 10% cut of his winnings among other things. In the blog EternaLEnVy explains that Team Secret were withholding payments, and when he finally got a break down of what he was owed …

Sounds kind of unlikely, doesn’t it? But thanks to a partnership between Sega and art publisher Washington Green, retro games icon Sonic is indeed to star in his own art exhibition. The works are said to be diverse in style and come from critically acclaimed artists. Expect fine art, sculpture …