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Developer and player clash over statement that ‘pledge amounts applied shall be non-refundable regardless of whether or not RSI is able to complete and deliver the game’

The streaming of gambling sites that use Steam OpenID API has been banned by Twitch. The move follows Valve’s first statement on the subject yesterday, in which it vowed to crack down on the increasingly controversial practise. Valve specifically notes that using ‘the OpenID API and making the same web …

US and Canadian studios with fewer than 16 members and a 2016 release under their belts invited to take part

You think Pokemon Go is big now? You wait until it’s available in every country on the planet. And that might not be that far out. Niantic chief executive John Hanke has told Reuters that his company intends to roll out Pokemon Go to around 200 countries relatively soon”. By …

ESL One Cologne, the most recent CS:GO major, has broken a ton of records including attendance and social media engagement. More than 14,000 people packed into the LANXESS arena on each of the main event days, making it one of the biggest eSports tournaments ever. Viewership was also up on …

Professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player William "Leffen" Hjelt will not attend EVO this weekend due to visa issues. The Swedish player is still waiting for a letter of approval from the US embassy, which is taking longer than expected due to him being deported from the US last year. …

Hot on the heels of reported trouble over in the Recreated ZX Spectrum camp, there are now worrying signs emerging from its rival Spectrum reboot. At the same time as the Recreated ZX Spectrum was going about building hype, a different machine going under the name Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega …

Tech giant Apple is calling for developers to take part in a new reality TV show, Planet of the Apps. The show will be following app developers as they try to create the next big thing. It is being produced by musician Will.I.Am, as well as Ben Silverman, of The …

After less then a week of availability, Pokemon Go has made it right to the very top of the all-time US mobile market. SurveyMonkey reckons that the game had attracted just under 21m daily active users. That overtakes the previous record holder, Candy Crush Saga, with an estimated 20m. Within …

RuneScape dev will become a new Chinese-owned games firm, new Board of Directors drawn up