The Commonwealth Games will trial esports as part of this year’s event, and they could become a fully fledged part of the programme by 2026. As reported by the BBC (opens in new tab), the Commonwealth Esports Championship will be trialed as part of this year’s Commonwealth Games, which will …
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It’s not often that we get to witness the genesis of an entirely new game genre. On January 3, 2019, Dota Auto Chess (opens in new tab) was first posted to the Steam Workshop as a mod for Dota 2, Valve’s eminently popular MOBA that supports custom games sectioned off …
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PC gaming has gone through a shift in the past few years. While analysts have been predicting its demise at the hands of pirates and consoles, the industry has adapted not by charging more, but by charging less. Now, publishers that scrambled to adapt their business to support console development …
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