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Sean ‘seang@res’ Gares is one of the great American shotcallers in Counter-Strike. Over almost seven years of professional competition his name has appeared on the teamsheets of 14 ESEA seasons, many of which saw his teams in the top of the table. Now on Echo Fox, he’s continuing to aim …

Rarely does a Melee player come along and beat multiple Gods in a single year. SFAT did it in 2016, though, taking several sets off of Hungrybox and Mango, most recently at Shine (Mango & Hungrybox) and The Big House 6 (Hungrybox). We sat down with the most promising American …

Will be driving work-for-hire in the VR and AR markets.

The NPD Group has released the results of its study into microtransactions and DLC, and has come away with some surprising information. The study showed that out of all Americans aged between 13 and 54, 28% had purchased extra content in the last three months according to Gamespot. It also …

Hearthstone’s Tavern Brawl is being shaken up for one week only by merging the mode with the arena, but charging a $10 entry fee. Traditionally the Tavern Brawl sees a new gameplay stipulation implemented to the mode every week, creating new and one off battles for fans to figure out. …

Yes, it’s true – Rockstar has officially confirmed Red Dead Redemption 2. The game is due out in autumn 2017 and has so far only been confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One. There is not yet any word on a PC release. Also confirmed is that the game will offer …

The long-rumoured Apple car was indeed real, but will now likely not see the light of day after plans for the program were abandoned, a report has claimed Bloomberg says that hundreds of members of Apple’s 1,000 person car team have been reassigned, let go, or have left of their …

One of the most interesting games to launch in the last few months has been the surreal and narrative-driven Virginia. The title was made by Variable State, the indie studio set up by Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny who met while working at DeepMind – the machine-learning AI start-up purchased …

In August, MMO specialist Trion Worlds made its debut in China with Trove. We speak to CEO Scott Hartsman for tips about moving to this lucrative region. Trion Worlds has been behind MMOs such as Rift, Defiance and Trove. How would you assess the state of the MMO market? It …

Earlier this month the Washington State Gambling Commission contacted Valve and asked them to put a stop to all gambling done through Steam’s services. Valve just replied, and said no. In a lengthy letter to the commission, which was also sent to Tech Raptor, Valve said they were disappointed” that …