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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 …

It's losing 3.9 million players a week, but it's not so bad

The PlayStation VR arrives this Thursday (October 13th), and Sony has released a video guide designed to help new owners get the headset up and running. The tutorial comes in three parts and is basically just an alternative to reading the manual that comes in the box. Because who reads …

iOS 10 is installed on over 54% of Apple mobile devices according to official figures released this week. Apple themselves announced the news with the handy pie chart you can see to the right of this very sentence. The chart also reveals that only 8% of iPhones and iPads are …

Finnish games studio has now raised $2m since 2015 founding

Accelerator taking place in January 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sony has updated its PSVR FAQ to reveal that bright light and shiny surfaces, like mirrors, will cause issues for the camera used to track PSVR. The FAQ mentions that ambient lighting is fine, but if the user is sat in front of a window with direct sunlight coming through, …

Oculus has dropped support for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with its Gear VR platform. Anyone who now tries to download the Gear VR app when on a Note 7 will be met with a message explaining that the app is not available due to safety concerns. Customer safety is …