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Pokken Tournament Championship Series makes serious esports bid with $100,000 prize pool

With both major and minor tournaments and qualifiers pulled from EVO and other events, Nintendo looks to be making a concerted effort to turn Pokken into an esport with staying power.

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Rising Thunder has been canceled, as developers acquired by League of Legends makers Riot

Rising Thunder developer Radiant Entertainment has just announced it has been acquired by Riot Games, makers of the wildly successful battle arena game League of Legends.

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The Sinking City is an open world detective game, with Cthulhu

Sherlock Holmes and H.P. Lovecraft. Two great tastes that taste great together, or at least taste of briny, unfathomable secrets of the universe.

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We’ve got all the details on Bravely Second’s new Catmancer class

In its latest Direct video presentation for US customers, Nintendo invoked the golden rule of the Internet -- put a cat in your video and people will pay attention.

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Valve will no longer restore lost and stolen items

Slipped quietly into an ordinary community news update, Valve has announced its Steam client will no longer replace items users lose through scams and bad trades.

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If you’re a sore loser at Street Fighter V, Capcom’s gonna find out about it

The fighting game publisher has begun rolling out changes to its online system to dock serial rage quitters.

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Monster Hunter Generations appeals to players of all skill levels

We've played the Japanese version of the game, Monster Hunter X, which adds a cat-warrior form called a 'Nyanta' that should make the game more accessible to new players.

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So, a bit more about that Fire Emblem-Shin Megami Tensei crossover…

The SMT x FE role-playing game that's been bandied about for a while has a name and a US release date, but what is it, exactly?

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Nintendo shows off new Monster Hunter, Kirby for 3DS; more of Tokyo Mirage for Wii U

All the shiny from the newest Nintendo Direct announcement. Especially the cats.

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If Ron Gilbert made Twin Peaks, it would be Thimbleweed Park

A spiritual successor to the LucasArts classic Maniac Mansion, Thimbleweed Park is shaping up to be a charming black comedy of an adventure game.

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No Man’s Sky will definitely turn out to be a universe inside Peter Molyneux’s head

Sean Murray of Hello Games shoots from the hip on No Man's Sky, giving players goals, and the secrets of What's Inside the Cube.

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Steam bundles will finally stop charging you for games you already own

The truly miraculous thing is why this somehow wasn't already a feature.

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Ex-Halo developers get real about hiring and firing in the game industry

Ever wonder why layoffs seem so common among game studios? Two ex-Bungie developers get into one of the major reasons why it happens.

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Love Rocket League? Now you can play it professionally

Popular 'car soccer' sports game takes aim at the big leagues with Twitch streamed championship.

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Activision is the latest company to withdraw from E3

In what may just be a growing trend, Activision has announced it will not have booth presence at the industry expo held each year in Los Angeles.

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Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’s ‘The Last Maharaja’ DLC is out, certainly looks shiny

Players accompany Killy McStab twins Evie and Jacob Frye in their quest to return some stolen Indian gold.

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Someone went and remade P.T. in Fallout 4

Don't touch that dial...

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Near Death looks like The Thing without, well, the Thing

Orthogonal's newest game mixes wilderness survival with a very John Carpenter flair.

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Fired Dota 2 announcer says his jokes were just ‘high brow’

James '2GD' Harding bites back over Valve's dismissal, saying off-color comments were just 'pushing entertainment on camera.'

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Is there a Baldur’s Gate 3 in our future?

Newly-minted Beamdog Creative Director David Gaider is tight-lipped, but all signs point to more from this series on the horizon.

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