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Browser gaming will not move on if people are afraid to abandon pre-IE9 user base

Smash PC hit Minecraft has won the inaugural GameCity Prize, awarded on Saturday at GameCity6 in Nottingham. It’s the first time the event has awarded a GameCity prize. The judges panel included MP Tom Watson, comedian Charlie Higson and South Bank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly. The other games in …

Developer Mike Bithell says 2D platformer offers minimalist approach mixed with combination and complication

Siri, the ‘digital assistant’, that Apple bundles with the iPhone 4S,has been hackedto work on earlier Apple devices including the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch. iPhone hacker Steven Troughton-Smith demonstrated theported Siri in a video, adding that Siri was completely functional on the iPhone 4 despite the single core processor. …

Rocksteady and Sports Interactive games first and third in UK sales chart

Sony Online Entertainment’s PS3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online will become a free-to-play title on November 1st. The studio announced that it was going to switch its title to the F2P model last month, but has only now finalised a date. New players joining under the F2P model will …

Valve perplexed by extraordinary conversion rate for Team Fortress 2

Battlefield 3 arrives in the UK this Friday, and GAME has announced details of the frolics it is laying on for its flagship launch event in Oxford Street. The Gadget Show’s Jason Bradbury is to host proceedings. Fans will have the chance to grab a picture of themselves in-game using …

The common consensus is that pirated games are popular because they’re free. But not so, according to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue,” Newell told a conference audience in Seattle, as reported by GeekWire. …

The first reviews of EA’s Battlefield 3 have gone live ahead of its release in the US tomorrow (October 25th) and in Europe on Friday (October 28th). EA’s long awaited shooter currently has an impressive Metacritic average of 94 per cent. Once players step out of that troop carrier and …