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GAME adds DLC alert to pre-owned
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has introduced warning stickers on pre-owned copies of games that do not include the DLC those who bought the new version would have found ...
No game tax breaks in Tory manifesto
The Conservative Party has failed to cite game development tax breaks in its 131-page policy manifesto, raising suspicion that the party is no longer backing a tax-specific state support package ...
AUS: R18+ support in doubt
It has emerged that John Rau, the new South Australian attorney-general, is not the huge supporter of the introduction of an R18+ video game rating as had previously been suggested.
VIDEO: Gears of War 3
Microsoft has at last lifted the lid on what is already one of the most anticipated games of 2011 – Gears of War 3. To check out the first official ...
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Google hires its first games boss
Former SCEA man Mark DeLoura has been named as Google's 'developer advocate' for video games, and is set to start in the new position today. This appointment marks the first ...
FIFA World Cup plays it simple
The combination of a licence as wide-reaching as the World Cup and a new easier-to-understand control scheme will, EA hopes, entice a new generation of gamers to buy into the ...
ELSPA outlines policy manifesto
National financial support, age ratings, IP theft, skills, broadband – these are the areas that ELSPA will focus its efforts on as it outlines its lobbying intentions for the duration ...
Traditional publishers "set for extinction"
Codemasters will become a major player in the digital space thanks to a heavy-duty investment deal.
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UK games market down 7.8% in Q1
It was meant to be the Q1 that would save us from the slump, but a wash of quality releases have not been able to halt a games market decline.
ELSPA celebrates DEB ‘victory’
Its opponents have ensured their voices were heard throughout the course of the Digital Economy Bill’s passage through Parliament, but in the wake of its passing its supporters have come ...
Video associations welcome DEB
Despite all the controversy surrounding both the debate and content of the Digital Economy Bill, two UK trade bodies have welcomed its passing through Parliament.
THQ publishing Last Airbender game
The video game tie-in of Paramount’s upcoming summer cinema outing The Last Airbender will be published on Wii and DS courtesy of THQ, it has been confirmed.
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Feder: Exclusivity can “make sense”
Having previously pledged to keep its Grand Theft Auto IV expansion Episodes from Liberty City exclusive to Xbox 360 for a limited time, Take-Two CEO Ben Feder has stated that ...
Digital Economy Bill is passed
The controversial Digital Economy Bill has been passed at Westminster, despite the persistent efforts of staunch opponents from the Liberal Democrats and even from within the Labour party but not, ...
Kojima foresees end of consoles
Legendary games developer and the creator of the Metal Gear Solid series Hideo Kojima has said that in time the games industry will move away from consoles and turn instead ...
MP links knife crime to gaming
The last 12 months has seen the games industry make great strides in its efforts to fortify bonds with Government, but it seems that some old prejudices remain.
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DEB could be shelved until post-Election
The Digital Economy Bill’s passage through Parliament may not be as quick and easy as we’ve been lead to believe, with Commons Leader Harriet Harman assuring that there is “no ...
MPs criticised for DEB turnout
Britain’s MPs have been criticised for the poor turnout for yesterday’s discussion about the controversial Digital Economy Bill.
Feder: This isn’t the music industry all over again
The speedy and seismic shift towards digital retail that has enveloped the music sector is unlikely to be replicated in the games industry according to Take-Two CEO Ben Feder.
Now games are blamed for bad teeth
Ahead of the inevitable ‘games give you cancer’ headlines that are surely just around the corner, the latest ill pinned on video games is the accusation that they can give ...
Music deal targets gaming
Britain’s largest independent music publisher Chrysalis is to focus on the games industry following the completion of an £11m acquisition of First State Media Group.
Tarantino “not interested” in games
Though his gory, explicit and thoughtful directing style would produce some fascinating results in the gaming space, it looks as if Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino is ...
WHO blames games for obesity
A new study by the World Health Organisation has named video games as one of the major drivers behind the growing global challenge that is childhood obesity.
Let's prove Government right
Alistair Darling’s Budget was a landmark moment for the games industry – but UK studios most show they are worth the £90m invested in them.
No 3D or motion could hurt OnLive
Though many think that cloud gaming could be the dominant force in the next generation of gaming, one analyst has predicted that the failure of services such as OnLive to ...
