Entries in 'benefits' (4)

GameStop lobbying platform holders over pre-owned block rumours

GameStop lobbying platform holders over pre-owned block rumours

Global games retailer GameStop has been lobbying platform holder Microsoft to try and persuade it to abandon its rumoured plans to block pre-owned software on the Next Xbox.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 14th 2013 at 2:26PM in News
Rovio: Piracy has its benefits

Rovio: Piracy has its benefits

The CEO of Rovio Mobile, the Finnish studio that built the trailblazing Angry Birds franchise, believes there is some value in games piracy.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 30th 2012 at 3:18PM in News
Value of public betas questioned

Value of public betas questioned

The development sector’s growing reliance on public betas has made a significant – and often troublesome – impact on the development process, according to a panel of industry experts.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 19th 2010 at 10:29AM in News
Labour MP sticks up for gaming

Labour MP sticks up for gaming

Labour MP for West Bromwich East and parliamentary secretary for the cabinet office Tom Watson has leapt to the defence of gaming, claiming that he’d rather his son sat in ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 15th 2008 at 1:46PM in News