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ESL has announced a new 24/7 eSports TV channel that is due to launch in May. Known as esportsTV, the channel will feature ESL’s core competitions and tournaments including ESL One, the Intel Extreme Masters and the ESL Pro League. The channel will run 24 hours a day, seven days …

With what appears to be a tough year ahead, Nintendo’s financial performance for the year just ended may worry investors. The company’s earnings fell 60.6 per cent to under $150m for the year ending March 31st 2016. Revenue fell eight per cent to just over $4.5bn. For the coming year …

Trusted client network model can’t be fixed ‘without a complete rewrite’, warns ex-Respawn and Sony online dev Glenn Fiedler

Lifeboat Network compromised in early January, but didn’t tell users

Reboot of MMO is result of partnership between MapleStory studio and Square Enix

The Women in Games award for Outstanding Contribution will be given to the individual who has made positive contributions to the commercial success and public profile of the games industry. The judges have now cast their votes and the winner will be celebrated at the Women in Games Awards event …

‘There are tremendous operational challenges to integrating classic servers,’ says exec producer J. Allen Brack following closure of ‘vanilla’ server

The upcoming PC strategy game Phoenix Point will merge the gameplay of the new XCOM titles, with those from the 1990s. That’s the one piece of information that creator Julian Gollop shared with MCV whilst reminiscing about the origins of the series. Gallop was part of the team that created …

‘I believe there are still many foreigners that would like to have a shot at Japanese-style creativity, says president and CEO Hiroshi Matsuyama

Linden Lab’s 3D world supports multiple headsets on PC and mobile, including the HTC Vive and Rift Oculus