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New project 'elevates quality and depth of entertainment expected from social networks'

Event to showcase independent games and 'encourage innovation and artistry'

A fascinating new war game in development at Australian studio Defiant Development will see gamers give up their guns and instead pick up their cameras. Warco – short for ‘War Correspondent’ – tasks players with entering the battlefield completely unarmed aside from their camera. Once escaped from the conflict gamers …

Expenses curb surging revenues; Market panic clouds IPO bid

EA CFO Eric Brown has told investors that the company is unlikely to announce a release date for BioWare MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic until the end of October. And while the company is still aiming for ‘holiday 2011′, it admits that a slip to 2012 is not completely …

But Cityville firm strikes back in new Facebook 'brand wars'

Event offers food, drink, networking and a chance to check out app opportunities.

PC game downloader Green Man Gaming has teamed up with GlobalCharge to offer its customers mobile payments. Customers can now update their store credit from their mobile bill or pay as you go credit. Many other distributors already offer mobile payments. The movie payment market is expected to be worth …

PC and tablet OS to integrate game services

QA and localisation firms are generating more money from social and mobile titles than triple-A boxed games. Several companies have told MCV they have had to expand their testing teams to cope with the strong demand for social, casual and downloadable games. Over the last eight months or so, digital, …