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ESL has banned Team YP from competing in any ESL hosted event, along with any other team sponsored by a company known for adult content. The rule bans any sponsors widely known for pornographic … or other adult/mature themes and products,” from any ESL organised event, according to an email …

The Northamptonshire police department revealed earlier today that a stock of Nintendo games was stolen last week. The report however doesn’t state which titles have been taken. On the night between April 13thand April 14th, a lorry containing the precious games was hijacked as it was parked at the A14’s …

Blizzard has announced plans to give players over 65 free cards upon the release of next week’s expansion Whispers of the Old Gods. All players will get three free packs for simply logging on following the expansion’s release. The developer has now revealed that a further five packs will be …

Both Fnatic and Cloud9 have created new League of Legends teams to compete in the Challenger Division. Cloud9 have announced that its new challenger squad will be lead by Hai Lam, former captain of the organisation’s LCS team, along with coach Daerek LemonNation” Hart. The team currently has a roster …

Unity Technologies has pledged its support for the third iteration of Interface as Masterclass Partner. In addition to attending the event and meeting with developers, the company will deliver a session during the conference about analytics and the importance of monitoring player behaviour. The firm’s Andy Brammall will discuss how …

Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan has revealed how the cancellation of MMO Titan has provided huge motivation for the studio. Titan was abandoned in 2014 after seven years in development. CEO Mike Morhaime said simply that the team weren’t able to find the fun” in the title. "You had a really …

Tools firm's Andy Brammall will speak during the event's conference on May 5th

Microsoft is pretty coy about the sales performance of the Xbox One nowadays, but it looks as if the console has grown sales year-on-year. Xbox One hardware unit sales were up year-on-year for the nine months ending March 31st 2016, although hardware revenues were down 26 per cent – a …

Inkle, the interactive fiction specialists behind 80 Days and Sorcery, has released its text engine for free. Co-founder Joseph Humfrey tells Will Freeman what developers can expect from Ink