After being relegated from the NA LCS just a few days ago, NRG eSports has lost all of its League of Legends players. According to a report from ESPN, NRG’s contracts permitted lawful termination if the team was relegated. This means that NRG currently has no League of Legends players …
Read More »How To: Implement Hybrid Frustum Traced Shadows
Nvidia senior developer technology engineer Jon Story explains the method behind the graphics specialist’s new shadow technique and reveals how devs can make use of it in their own games
Read More »This Is Pop teams with PETA and The Smiths to develop Meat Is Murder game
Band’s frontman Morrissey describes pro-veganism title as ‘the biggest social crusade of all, as we safeguard the weak and helpless from violent human aggression’
Read More »World of Tanks heads to FACEIT for grassroots competitions
World of Tanks has been added to FACEIT, which allows players to compete in ranked matches, daily tournaments and ladders. FACEIT’s online system makes playing in tournaments and competitive matches easy for any World of Tanks player, all they have to do is sign up on FACEIT and then sign …
Read More »Denuvo appears to have been cracked
PC gaming’s brief flirtation with watertight security may already be over. TorrentFreak reports that Denuvo, which had proved so successful that one of China’s biggest hacking groups called it quits altogether, now seems to have been properly cracked wide open. Until now, and despite a few rumours, FIFA 16 stood …
Read More »Previously impenetrable anti-piracy system Denuvo cracked by pirates
Rise of the Tomb Raider becomes first game using anti-tamper tech to be fully pirated
Read More »Early No Man’s Sky players face progress wipe
There are plenty of No Man’s Sky copies already out in the wild, but those who already have the game should think twice before putting in a serious number of hours. Hello Games has confirmed that a huge patch will go live for the game on launch day – which …
Read More »Valve introduces new Steam trading restrictions
The increasingly strict controls surrounding Steam gifts have been further tightened. A new set of restrictions has been introduced relating to games that feature Valve Anti-Cheat Technology (VAC). Valve has announced that players will no longer be able to add VAC titles to their inventories, preventing stockpiling of such games. …
Read More »SK Gaming’s fer our for at least six weeks due to surgery
CS:GO world champions SK Gaming will be without Fernando "fer" Alvarenga until mid September at the earliest due to the player requiring two surgeries. Alvarenga requires surgery on both his nose, to enable him to breath through both nostrils, and on his ear to prevent further hearing loss. Unfortunately both …
Read More »NRG sign popular Overwatch team thanks to Shaquille O’Neal’s tweet
American eSports organisation NRG has signed the former Luminosity Overwatch roster thanks, in part, to a tweet from co-owner Shaquille O’Neal. One of the most popular Overwatch streamers, Brandon Seagull” Larned, is a part of the team and last week received a tweet from NBA legend and co owner of …
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