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UK development maestro Peter Molyneux will offer insight into the Fable III project during a key lecture at this year’s Develop Conference in Brighton. The address – entitled ‘Fable III: Story, Cast and Simulation’ – will culminate in the exclusive UK demo of the game. The demonstration of the game …

One of the UK’s staunchest anti-games critics is back on the warpath with the news that Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East, has gone to Parliament with fresh concerns about the dangers of violent games. Vaz has table an Early Day Motion to the Commons urging the Government …

Popular Facebook group to help lobbying efforts

The mid-year report from leading reviews aggregation site Metacritic suggests that while sales might be suffering year-on-year gamers have so far in 2010 enjoyed better quality games that were on offer the year before. So far this year seven titles have achieved review score averages of 90 per cent or …

UK games industry group takes top prize at Trade Association Forum event

The Irish arm of telcoms operator O2 has begun censoring websites in the region, with image sharing site Imgur seemingly the first portal identified for blockage. Talk has been rumbling of behind-the-scenes government negotiations regarding the introduction of an official state policy that would see websites accused of hosting malicious …

Industry trade body voices concerns about the future of in-country development after tax break U-turn

UK industry charity to host third annual competition at Develop Conference 2010

Think the PC is on the wane as a games platform? Think again. According to new data released by ELSPA and ISFE this morning, the PC is the most popular ‘console’ in the UK for games, and is used by 33 per cent of players. That’s according to a new …

Preparations set for the key European trade and consumer show