The dates for the Spring Dota 2 Major and The International 7 have been announced, months before either competition is due to take place. The Spring Major open qualifiers will be the first Valve event post Boston, and run March 6th through to March 9th 2017. They are then immediately …
Read More »Darkest Dungeon passes 1 million sales
Cult indie hit Darkest Dungeon is celebrating an important milestone in its successful story. The game, which came out on Steam Early Access last year before getting a full release in January, and hit PS4 and Vita in September, has now sold over 1m copies worldwide. Despite the console arrival, …
Read More »‘There’s still room for classic RPGs’, Obsidian says
Titles such as The Witcher III and Skyrim may be the leading names in the modern RPG market, but Pillars of Eternity developer Obsidian says there’s still a huge demand for old-school isometric role playing games. In an interview with MCV about its new RPG title Tyranny, Obsidian game director …
Read More »WESA introduces arbitration court for eSports
WESA has created an arbitration court for eSports professionals to help settle disputes. The court will act independently of WESA, despite being founded by the group, and will help settle disputes related to matters such as contract disputes, prize money pay out and distribution, financial misconduct and player representation. The …
Read More »Valve cracks down on Steam ‘bullshots’
"We haven’t been super crisp on guidelines for screenshots in the past, so we’d like to take this opportunity to clarify some rules in this space,"
Read More »Valve is banning ‘bullshots’ from Steam store
Developers will soon be prevented from using anything other than in-game shots in a title’s Steam Store carousel. Listings will often use either promotional art or assets created during development. However, with No Man’s Sky attracting such fierce criticism for the difference between its some of its pre-release material and …
Read More »Japanese schoolgirl game has £68 DLC that lets you see through people’s clothes
Gal*Gun: Double Peace, a Japanese on rails shooter that sees you fend off school girls, has a 67.99 microtransaction that gives you the ability to see through the girl’s clothes. As spotted by Eurogamer, the microtransaction adds the Pheromone Z item to the in game store. Once you equip this …
Read More »YellOwStaR is the manager of PSG’s new eSports division
Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim has retired from professional League of Legends in order to become the manager of Paris Saint Germain’s eSports division. YellOwStaR has been a regular in the EU LCS since it’s inception, spending most of his time on Fnatic. After 336 professional games, and tons of European championships …
Read More »Nvidia working with Nintendo on new Nintendo Switch console
Hybrid console will use a new Tegra processor, might not have touchscreen
Read More »Valve responds to the Washington State Gambling Commission, refuses to stop skin trading
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 …
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