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After months of rumours and speculation Blizzard has finally confirmed that it is working on a remaster of the original StarCraft and its Brood War expansion.  Blizzard president Mike Morhaime made the announcement over in Korea, where Brood War was the catalyst for the start of the major eSports boom …

The creator and author of the Witcher books has admitted that he turned down the chance to claim a share of the successful RPG series’ revenues. "I was stupid enough to sell them rights to the whole bunch," Andrzej Sapkowski told Eurogamer of his original deal with Witcher developer CD …

Nintendo has admitted that its first Mario smartphone game has fallen short of the mark. Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima has told Nikkei that revenues from the game "did not meet our expectations". It was revealed in January that the game had been downloaded some 78m times on iOS, but only …

A growing list of major global brands are withdrawing their advertising spend on YouTube due to the fear of being associated with hate speech. The Google-owned company has been rocked in recent weeks by the increased awareness of the racist hate speech that has become alarmingly common among some of …

EA and BioWare’s RPG sequel Mass Effect: Andromeda has unsurprisingly shot straight to the top of the UK Top 40 in its first week of sale in the UK. The game becomes the third biggest launch of the year behind Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Horizon Zero Dawn, although it can …

Facebook’s broadcasting and streaming feature, Facebook Live, is now available to use on desktop and laptop computers. For some time now the feature has only given users the ability to share live video content through their phones and mobile devices. Now, with the new changes to Facebook Live on PCs, …

Team ROCCAT has announced an exclusive partnership with German sports marketing company, Lagardère. Lagardère will support Team ROCCAT on ‘optimised marketing strategies’ and the ‘expansion of the team’s structure’ with the aim to work towards greater professionalism within the eSports scene. Lagardère already has a number of significant names from …

Sean Cleaver speaks to festival director, Michael French, about this years London Games Festival and an offer for Develop readers

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A number of NBA teams have begun to discuss their enthusiasm and excitement for the NBA 2k eLeague, the eSports league based on the developer’s basketball title. “We are, like the rest of the marketplace, extraordinarily curious about the potential of eSports,” said Dave Hopkinson, Chief Commercial Officer at Maple …