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  • ArenaNet Reveals Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™ The Second Expansion to Guild Wars® 2

    Mount-up and return to iconic Crystal Desert and Elona on September 22
    Pre-purchase from today for bonus items
    Bellevue, WA – August 1, 2017: ArenaNet™, publisher and developer of the acclaimed Guild Wars franchise, today announced Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire™, the second expansion to Guild Wars 2, which will launch September 22, 2017. Watch the new teaser trailer here:
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  • ESL Arena at gamescom 2017 to feature 5.000 m² of esports action, eight games, two competitive stages, community playground and more!

    The ESL Arena returns to gamescom’s Hall 9, bringing the largest esports production the world’s biggest gaming convention has ever seen. With more than 5.000 m² of exhibition space, ESL Arena will offer the best of esports to over 350,000 fans that are expected to attend this year’s event. Two Esports Stages fully packed with live competitions, and an Esports Zone for live demos, giveaways, meet

  • Bluehole and ESL Announce Gamescom Playerunknown's Battlegrounds Invitational

    Top Eighty Players and Influencers to Compete in First LAN Invitational
    SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND COLOGNE, GERMANY – July 25, 2017 – Bluehole, Inc., developer and publisher of PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG) and ESL, the world’s largest esports company, announced today they’re partnering up to bring the popular Battle Royale title to the world’s largest video games and gaming convention. The

  • ESIC Statement on Appropriate Sanction for Cheating in Esports

    The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has today closed its survey canvassing community opinion on the appropriate sanctions for those caught cheating in esports. The headline results are set out as an appendix to this statement below.
    “Esports is primarily about the community around each game – the players, fans and teams that participate and watch - and it was entirely appropriate for us to c

  • Skulls for the Skull Throne!

    Focus Home Interactive collaborates with Games Workshop on a new Steam sale and event!
    Today marks the beginning of the Games Workshop's event "Skulls for the Skull Throne", a weekend-long event during which games from the Warhammer world and the Warhammer 40,000 universe are enjoying time-limited discount offers on Steam, as well as additional content themed around the Blood God, Khorne, the l

  • Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition - Pre-order now open on Steam, and new races unveiled in screenshots

    The Legendary Edition will release this September on PC, PS4 and Xbox One
    Blood Bowl 2, the sequel to the video game adaptation of Games Workshop's classic tabletop game combining American football with the Warhammer fantasy world, will greatly expand in September with Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition! Available for pre-order starting today, we are happy to unveil screenshots of the new races an

  • Survive a few hours of cult hit The Surge in the new demo

    July 19th 2017 Survive a few hours of cult hit The Surge in the new demo The world took up the challenge to survive hardcore action-RPG The Surge from Deck13 for PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 4 Pro, Xbox® One, and PC when it launched in May, and now you can jump in too. Play the game from the very beginning as you start your battle through CREO, a megacorporation that has been hit by a devastating

  • Develop:Brighton Announce Record Attendance Figures

    Organisers Tandem Events Announce Dates for Develop:VR
    19 July: Today, Tandem Events, organisers of Europe’s leading game developer conference Develop:Brighton, announced record attendance figures with a 7.5 per cent year on year increase.
    The conference and expo which included sessions from industry visionaries including Brenda Romero, Graeme Devine, Tetsuya Mizuguchi and John Romero had

  • Revisit the City of the Gods in New Map In the Epic Final Episode of Living World Season 3: "One Path Ends"

    The key to tracking down the god Balthazar may be lurking in the ruins of Orr
    The epic conclusion of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns Living World Season 3 is almost here! “One Path Ends,” the grand finale of this incredible season, arrives live in-game on Tuesday, July 25, and wraps up a story arc packed with shocking revelations.
    As the season began, the heroes celebrated their victory over

  • Record attendance and digital engagement for ESL One Cologne 2017

    Cologne’s LANXESS arena was once again host to ESL’s flagship independent Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event in the ESL One series. The world’s best CS:GO teams battled for a share of the $250,000 prize pool in a six day long competition that concluded on July 9, when Brazilian team SK Gaming was crowned the champions of ESL One Cologne 2017. This win is also the first that will count towards

  • Loco Dojo And Abandon Ship Win Indie Showcase Awards At Develop:Brighton 2017

    Develop:Brighton returns 10-12 July 2018
    13 July 2017: The winners of the seventh Indie Showcase, sponsored by Unity, have been announced at the Develop:Brighton. They are: People's Choice award as voted for by attendees:
    Abandon Ship (PC)Fireblade Software
    Abandon Ship is a single-player PC game where you take command of a ship and her crew, exploring a procedurally-generated world, ta

  • ESL Announces Key Global Executive Hires To Focus On Company's Next Stage Of Growth

    Leadership Team Adds Global Chief Marketing Officer and Global Chief Revenue Officer
    Cologne, Germany -- July 13, 2017 –ESL, the world’s largest esports company, today announced several key global executive hires with extensive experience in their respective areas. As part of the new management team, Rodrigo Samwell has been named Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Martin Hubert as Chief Revenue

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