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Developer Super Evil Megacorp has partnered with ESL on a new eSports deal for its mobile MOBA Vainglory. Games Industryreports ESL will host the first-ever official Vainglory Cup Series beginning May 13thacross Europe. The tournament marks the first mobile MOBA event in ESL’s history. "We’re at the very beginning of …

Capcom has reported its full year financial results for its fiscal 2014, which show a YOY decline of 37 per cent for the publisher. The company brought in $538m during the period between April 1st, 2014 and March 31st, 2015. That’s the lowest annual revenue total for Capcom since 2004. …

Epic's Alan Noon guides developers through creating sprites, basic movements and a simple UI

After last month’s second successful World of Tanks Grand Final, we talked to WarGaming.net’s head of eSports to find out how the company plans to revolutionise player income. Mohamed Fadl, Director of eSports at the Cypriot MMO publisher, detailed a new system of leagues at the event, which saw thousands …

Publisher Sega has said that a number of iOS and Android games that no longer meet its standards” will be pulled from sale in the coming weeks. What hasn’t yet been revealed, however, is which games could be in for the chop. At Sega we are committed to making fun, …

When the creators of Samurai Seige decided to build Rival Kingdoms, the team wanted to balance gameplay with narrative depth – which is why acclaimed games writer Rhianna Pratchett took her pen to the project

High-profile Nintendo developer Hideki Konno has been put in charge of Nintendo’s smartphone game development, reports suggest. Nintendo Everything has translated a Sankei report which states that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told investors in a Q&A that the producer of Mario Kart” had been put in charge of mobile development. …

Aardvark Swift reports back from the Finals Day of this year's competition

'You may think it is a small number, but we aim to make each title a hit'

While Nintendo’s return to profitthis week was welcome, the fact that both 3DS and Wii U missed sales targets was most certainly not. To address the issue Nintendo has identified two strategies – women and DLC. Four years since its release, we are seeing a certain level of positive results …