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Nintendo’s net profit for the nine months ending December 31st slumped 31.9 per cent year-on-year to 40.55bn. Net sales fell 3.9 per cent to 425.66bn. However, Nintendo has now already hit its full year net profit target of 35bn. Operating income for the period was up 34.4 per cent at …

Mobile studio was the largest games company in the country; 160 laid off following closure

Ambitious puzzle game on track to outsell Braid’s first year sales in its debut week

Lead coder Eric Tereshinski quits project and pulls YouTube tutorial videos after long-term friends threaten to sue

Martin Shkrelipainted himself as a transformative figure inesports. The millionaire pharmaceutical CEO, who became one of the most infamous corporate leaders in America after jacking up the price of a life-saving AIDS drug,createdan amateur team in the most popular game on the planet,League of Legends, in May of last year. …

Ubisoft, ESL, and Xbox have announced that the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League will begin its first season in March, with the top teams in North America and Europe laying siege to one another for their share of a total prize pool of $100,000. Tom Clancy’sRainbow Six Siegewas built …

Publisher Bethesda is holding an E3 conference for the second year running. That’s according to a tweet from the publisher’s official Twitter account (below), which asks readers to save the date. Bethesda’s E3 Showcase is taking place on June 12th 2016 at 7pm PT (4am BST).It’s not yet clear where …

Former Develop columnist The Alpenwolf returns to discuss how to take your game from imitation to innovation

Greenlight and Kickstarter hit Superhot finally has a release date. The time-bending first person shooter, in which time only progresses when the player is in motion, will be released on PC, Linux and Mac on February 25th. Surprisingly, the game is also getting a limited physical release on the same …

Lee “Life” Seung-Hyun, the 2014 StarCraft World Champion, has been arrested in South Korea on suspicion of match-fixing. The 19-year-old was taken into custody for questioning on Friday, though it was officially announced that he had been arrested and charged on Sunday with ‘receiving money to match-fix’. A report from …