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Visa has announced a major sponsorship deal with SK Gaming. The new sponsorship, which lasts for 12 months, will see the Visa logo appear on the SK Gaming jerseys, SK players heading to Visa events and Visa’s tech being integrated into the SK online store. In return Visa will give …
Read More »Cloud9 signs former Imperial Dota 2 roster
Cloud9 has signed the former Imperial Dota 2 roster who placed in the top four at DreamLeague and narrowly missed out on the Boston Major. The team left the Imperial organisation at the start of December, with the team owner saying they had got a better offer they couldn’t compete …
Read More »LCS to switch to ten ban system
Riot has announced that both the EU and NA LCS leagues will use a new ten ban system in 2017 instead of the traditional six ban. All LCS matches will now kick off with each team banning five champions and picking five champions. The exact order can be seen in …
Read More »Erotic visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind to launch on steam
Steam gets steamier
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild now pegged for Switch launch title, but not in Europe, says new report
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the most hotly anticipated Nintendo titles coming out this year, but so far Nintendo has only given a vague launch window of 2017”. However, a new report from Eurogamer suggests that consumers in Japan and the US might see …
Read More »Interview: Bit ByterZ Sahand Saedi talks about Memoranda
Develop speaks to Tehran based Saedi about the inspirations behind Bit ByterZ new game.
Read More »Resident Evil 7: The Experience coming to London on January 20th
Capcom will be holding a four-day interactive experience to celebrate the launch of Resident Evil 7, the company announced today. Taking place between January 20th – 23rd in a haunted and dilapidated venue in East London, Resident Evil 7: The Experience will see members of the public take part in …
Read More »Project CARS 2 eyes September release
The sequel to crowdfunded racing title Project CARS is aiming for a September launch. That’s according to a post on Project CARS 2’s forum by developer Slightly Mad Studio’s CEO Ian Bell, in which he says that the current guess for a release date is ‘Septemberish’. However, the exec is …
Read More »Milwaukee Bucks co-owner to launch FlyQuest organisation according to report
Wesley Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, who purchased the Cloud9 Challenger League of Legends team is set to launch his new organisation in the coming weeks. According to a report from ESPN Edens and the Fortress Investment Group will launch FlyQuest, a new organisation with a spot in the …
Read More »Tools Spotlight: Creative Dialogue Tools
After opening a studio earlier this year at Vault501 in Santa Monica, Creative Dialogue Tool’s Mark Estdale takes Develop through exactly what CDT is:
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