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Location-based game accused of causing Pokéfans to trespass on a protected natural area

With two massive digital releases dominating August’s charts it is no surprise that this was a big month for digital spending. According to SuperData Research sales of digital games and microtransactions hit a total of $6.1 billion in August, which is an increase of 11 percent compared to August 2015. …

Dutch authorities are taking legal action against Niantic after they failed to prevent thousands of Pokmon Go players heading to protected beaches. The beaches of Kijkduin have been home to many rare Pokmon since the game’s launch, which obviously resulted in thousands of players heading to the shore line. The …

Since Amazon bought Twitch in 2014 the two have remained fairly separate entities, but with Twitch Prime that all changes. Announced at TwitchCon, Twitch Prime will give every Amazon Prime subscriber the benefits of the old Twitch Turbo service and one free subscription. From now on every Amazon Prime subscriber …

Update:GfK has been in touch to set the record straight about FIFA 17’s sales performance. Due to the fact the research firm increased its market coverage in 2014,from 90 per cent to 95 per cent,in terms of extrapolated sales FIFA 13 still has the best-selling Week One for the series. …

If Paladins, the latest title from Smite creator Hi-Rez Studios, isn’t an Overwatch clone, it’s certainly a fraternal twin. But who cares? Everybody copies everybody. League of Legends borrowed characters and concepts from WarCraft III DotA, which in turn took inspiration from a gallimaufry of lane-based WarCraft III mods. Triple-A …

Samsung Galaxy’s two-year quest back to the League of Legends World Championship is well known. Head coach Choi Woo-Beom is the man who helped rebuild the team and get it back to worlds caliber. Slingshot’s Andrew Kim caught up with Woo-Beom during the opening weekend to talk (in Korean and …

NEW YORK—It’s a Sunday morning in Brooklyn, NY and as cars zoom through Atlantic Avenue outside, there’s as much if not more commotion inside Barclays Center. At ESL One New York, Counter-Strike fans are preparing for an unexpected semifinal showdown between Commonwealth of Independent States team Natus Vincere (Na`Vi) and …

The Big House returns for its sixth incarnation this week, and if Smash’s continued growth is anything to go by this will be the biggest house yet. As the Michigan Smash community prepares to welcome big name players from all over the world at The Big House 6, we thought …

Last week, three major events happened with traditional sports investors and North American esports. Magic Johnson and co-owners of the Golden State Warriors and Washington Wizards purchased a majority interest in Team Liquid. Memphis Grizzlies co-owner Stephen Kaplan increased his stake in Immortals. But the event that kicked it all …