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Square Enix’s upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has stoked the fire once again by drawing on another controversial topic in its marketing. A little over a year ago the game was dragged into controversy over its use of the term ‘Mechanical Apartheid’ in its positioning of a future where mankind …
Read More »eSports players need industry-wide representation
The head of competitive gaming body eSports Integrity Coalition has said that players must band together to influence industry decisions. Speaking to eSports Pro, Ian Smith said that pro-gamers are the main draw for eSports events, yet they have little say in any part of the sector. Furthermore, if a …
Read More »Valve adds VR spectator support to DOTA 2 ahead of International tournament
eSports fans will be able to watch the upcoming DOTA 2 International in virtual reality. Developer Valve has announced the DOTA VR Hub, which lets consumers put on a headset and watch live games in a ‘DOTA VR Theater’. Fans will be surrounded by heroes from the game when watching …
Read More »Creative Assembly, Bossa, Rovio and more sign on for War Child charity games bundle
Help: The Game features titles created in six days during a global games jam and costs £9.99, with all profits going towards charity
Read More »ESL One Genting Dota 2 tournament announced
ESL One is heading to the Genting Resort in Malaysia for a $250,000 Dota 2 tournament. The competition will take place between January 6th and 8th 2017 in the mountaintop resort that is just an hour away from Kuala Lumpur. Eight of the best Dota 2 teams in the world …
Read More »Warframe hack saw 775k emails leaked
Developer Digital Extreme has revealed that its online shooter Warframe was the victim of a hack back in November 2014. The studio claims to have only just discovered the breach, which saw 775k user email leaked from an older version of the title’s content management system. Passwords, credit card details …
Read More »Sporting Lisbon enters eSports with top Portuguese FIFA player
Portugese football club Sporting Lisbon has entered the eSports world by signing top Portuguese FIFA player Francisco "Quinzas" Cruz. The 21 year old player has been in the FIFA scene since he was just 14, and became the youngest ever FIFA World Champion in 2011. Cruz is one of the …
Read More »More people watched EVO on Twitch than ESPN
EVO’s first ever broadcast on TV pulled in an average of 201,000 viewers, but that still wasn’t enough to beat Twitch’s concurrent numbers. The final of the Street Fighter V competition was broadcast on ESPN2 on Sunday evening as well as being streamed on Twitch. While ESPN2 averaged 201,000 viewers …
Read More »Steam has its first VR-only best seller
Raw Data has become the first virtual reality title to claim the top spot in the Steam charts. Although the game is currently sitting at No.2 in the charts, PCGamesN reports that it claimed the No.1 spot for a period following its Early Access launch yesterday. The 30 game (currently …
Read More »Twitch bans CSGO Lotto and other Steam gambling streaming
The streaming of gambling sites that use Steam OpenID API has been banned by Twitch. The move follows Valve’s first statement on the subject yesterday, in which it vowed to crack down on the increasingly controversial practise. Valve specifically notes that using ‘the OpenID API and making the same web …
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