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Read More »Arrested Bohemia employees denied appeal, refused bail
Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar, the ArmA 3 developers who were arrested in Greece on charges of espionage, have been denied an appeal and refused bail. Czech news site Rozhlas (translated by Eurogamer) reports the appeal verdict took weeks to be handed down due to a strike within the country’s …
Read More »FAQ: Warwick Davis
The respected film actor gets the rapid-fire question treatment
Read More »Time names its all-time 100 best video games
US magazine Time has named its all-time best 100 video games – and as you’d imagine there are some expected and definitely not as expected inclusions. It divides its list into decades. The 1970s, for instance, includes obvious contenders such as arcade smash-hit Space Invaders and tennis sim Pong, as …
Read More »Zynga loses treasurer to Twitter
Executive departs as company stock makes small rally
Read More »Tiga event to debut seven new games
Denki, nDeams, Channel 4, 4T2 and others ready seven UK-made projects for Discovery Afternoon
Read More »Read our guide to London Games Conference in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features a full guide to this year’s London Games Conference, which discusses the best ways of making money from digital games. We also reveal how power is shifting towards supermarkets on the High Street and interview Ubisoft’s Geoffroy Sardin. …
Read More »PlayStation Plus coming to Vita with four free games
PS3 users have been enjoying the many benefits of PlayStation Plus for a while, but starting 21st November, Sony will welcome PlayStation Vita users into the fold. The subscription-based service gives users automatic game and firmware updates, cloud game saves, discounts on PlayStation Store purchases, full game trials, beta access, …
Read More »Future announces plans to close PSM3 and Xbox World
UK magazines PSM3 and Xbox World are to be closed by publisher Future. The final issues of both mags, which are renowned for sharing content between them, will go on sale in Wednesday December 12th. "After careful consideration, Future has made the decision to close Xbox World and PSM3 magazines …
Read More »OPINION: Should we be criticising Peter Molyneux more?
I am a huge admirer of Peter Molyneux. He’s ferociously intelligent, inspiringly ambitious and, perhaps most importantly, a really lovely guy who is great to spend time with. There are two reasons for opening this piece with that statement. One, for the sake of transparency. And two, because if it …
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