Twin Engine Labs launches Pentakill app to not suck at League of Legends
What do you do if you’re playing League of Legends, the free real-time strategy game with over 100 champions that gamers must employ to conquer...
China’s Tencent marches to the West in search of kick-ass games (interviews)
GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Tencent's David Wallerstein about its approach to games in China and its investments in Western game developers.
CCP’s David Reid says Dust 514 heralds a new free-to-play era on consoles (interview)
Our interview with CCP Games chief marketing officer David Reid details the free-to-play business model of its upcoming console shooter Dust 514, its tie-ins with the massively multiplayer PC title Eve Online, and the challenges faced in balancing and marketing another shooter for a console audience.
Warner Bros. to bring online battle arenas to consoles with Guardians of Middle-earth
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced Guardians of Middle-earth, a multiplayer online battle arena game, for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network.
Why China’s game business will hit $20B by 2016 (exclusive interview)
China has one of the most dynamic and unique game markets in the world. Rising from virtual non-existence a decade ago, and surviving a...
Didn’t get your PAX Prime tickets? Here are five alternative conventions
PAX Prime is sold out, huh? While that is very sad for a lot of us, we have some alternative conventions that may fill that social void in your schedule.
Being really good at League of Legends could pay millions
Riot Games announced the details for the Season 2 World Championships Region and World Finals for League of Legends, including a $3 million prize pool...
League of Legends is finally getting a spectator mode
Riot Games is adding a spectator mode to the popular free-to-play title League of Legends with its next patch. The new mode will allow players to move...
IGN Pro League viewers highlight the rise of eSports online
The numbers are in from this month’s IGN Pro League (IPL) gaming competition, and they’re record-breakers of a kind. IGN boasts of drawing 346,000 streaming...
WTFast promises to destroy lag in online games; we’re skeptical
The WTFast service is supposedly an accelerator of the connection between clients and servers which potentially increases the responsiveness of online games. I was skeptical, so I went in search of more data.