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The International 6 will feature a $15,000 cosplay competition, giving the best Dota 2 cosplayers in the world a chance to show off on the biggest stage of the year. For the first time ever the best cosplayers will take to the main stage at The International to battle it …

Owners of Nintendo’s upcoming NES Classic Mini won’t be able to add new games to its library. The $60 machine, announced yesterday, includes 30 built-in games. Nintendo has now confirmed to Kotaku that the machine does not use physical media and cannot go online, meaning no future titles can be …

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Radiator 2, a collection of three gay-themed titles that was recently released on Steam, has been banned from streaming site Twitch. Creator Robert Yang is used to has creations being blocked by the video network, but has expressed his surprise that these relatively old titles have suddenly been hit following …

Publisher Warner Bros has released a new entry in the Batman: Arkham series. Entitled Batman: Arkham Underworld, the title is coming to mobile platforms and is free-to-play. It’s been developed by Warner Bros’ Turbine studio. It’s out for iOS – no word on an Android version as of yet. The …

One gamer who backed the crowdfunding campaign for ambitious sci-fi title Star Citizen has gone to extraordinary lengths to secure a refund. As reported by PCGamesN, the backer – known only as Streetroller – is said to have received a refund of $3,000 though evidence of just $2,560 exists. Streetroller …

Breeding Season art director Vladimir Sandler started rival project Cloud Meadow – but claims his actions were an effort to 'save' the game

Studios pledge revenues from DLC, ads and even full game sales to charity

UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist runs through the trade body’s new scheme to help creators fight back against piracy

With nearly 11,000 backers and earnings of over $42k per month, Breeding Season was the highest earning game on Patreon. And now it has been cancelled. Kotaku reports that the title was described as ‘Harvest Moon meets Hentai’ and was, by all accounts, a bit saucy. However, a seemingly unamicable …