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The ‘M’ in ‘MOBA’ may not stand for ‘Money’, but given the number of companies jumping on the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena bandwagon, it wouldn’t be hard to believe. With the success of League of Legends and Dota 2 continuing to grow (the average number of monthly minutes of League …
Read More »EA cancels MOBA title Dawngate after six months of open beta
Dawngate is no more after publisher EA unexpectedly pulled the plug on the project. The MOBA had been in beta for a year and a half and in open beta for six months but will now terminate in just 90 days. As recently as Monday it received a substantial update. …
Read More »League of Legends World Championship draws 40,000 fans
An audience of approximately 40,000 eSports fans were in attendance at the recently concluded League of Legends finals in Seoul, South Korea. The BBC reports Seoul’s World Cup Stadium was filled to capacity for the final match between Star Horn Royal Club and eventual winning team Samsung White – which …
Read More »eSports: Behind the next billion-dollar industry
Competitive gaming is a big deal, generating millions upon millions of views and beginning to even outpace the rest of the games industry. MCV chatted to professional teams, event organisers and other firms involved in the burgeoning sector If you had asked someone five years ago whether they watch eSports, …
Read More »2K and Gearbox announce first-person MOBA Battleborn
2K and Gearbox Software have announced Battleborn, a first-person shooter MOBA for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Battleborn is being developed by the teams behind Borderlands 2 and is said to fetaure a similar combination of highly-stylised visuals, co-operative gameplay and first-person shooting. Players will be able to play a …
Read More »Transformers Universe beta opens
The open beta for Jagex’s MOBA Transformers Universe will be launching shortly. Fans will be able to enter the beta from tomorrow (Friday July 4th). A variety of maps and game modes will be available to players, as well as customizable weapons and armour. In order to take part, players …
Read More »CD Projekt RED reveals The Witcher MOBA game for mobile platforms
MOBA title The Witcher Battle Arena is heading to mobile devices later this year, designer CD Projekt RED has announced. The unveiling confirms a report from earlier this year that The Witcher developer had some kind of mobile effort in the works. The Witcher Battle Arena will be a free-to-play …
Read More »MOBA: The story so far
It allstarted with a mod. Well, actually, that’s not necessarily true. The origins of the MOBA are far murkier than that. The common conception is that they are the new kid on the block, but they have actually existed for decades. You can trace the MOBA all the way back …
Read More »Watch: Crytek new online blockbuster Arena of Fate
So Crytek has teased its latest game Arena of Fate. Outside of a 33 second teaser (which we have included below) very little is known about the game, other than it’s an ‘action-packed’ online title, it’s out this summer and there’s a website – arenaoffate.com (which currently goes nowhere). Oh, …
Read More »Dead Island: Epidemic lands on Steam as Early Access title
Deep Silver’s Dead Island MOBA spinoff Dead Island: Epidemic has launched on Valve’s Steam platform as an Early Access offering. While the final version of the game will be free-to-play, the closed beta version of the game currently available via the digital distributor is available in three different premium packages …
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