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Excessive LA Noire workload 'absolutely unacceptable' says IGDA

Following the video games industry’s key legal victory in the US yesterday, American trade body the ESA has celebrated the very important decision. This is a historic and complete win for the First Amendment and the creative freedom of artists and storytellers everywhere," a statement from president and CEO Michael …

F2P shooter Battlefield Heroes has been reactivated following the LulzSec hack which was later hailed as the group’s last hurrah. Players are now able to access the title, though publisher EA warns that some personal data was indeed compromised in the hack. "Service has been restored on Battlefield Heroes following …

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Anonymous, the hacking group that started off the wave of cyber terror that has dogged the headlines this year, has signalled its intentions to pick up from where the abandoned LulzSec movement left off. LulzSec announced at the weekend that its 50 day digital assault was over. However, speaking via …

Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve. The Washington-based company rocked the games industry last week by re-releasing Team Fortress 2 as a free-to-play game. That triple-A game, at the time of writing, …

Mark Rein explains what Direct X brings to the table for Unreal Engine developers

Gamers will soon be able to shake their hump with Fergie, will.i.am and co with the latest addition to Ubisoft’s dance portfolio. The Black Eyed Peas Experience follows on from last year’s best-selling Michael Jackson: The Experience and features similar gameplay to the firm’s chart-topping Just Dance franchise. The game …

To help developers prepare their rough draft video submission entries for the GameCast Contest, MoMinis has put together an example of what they should look like. It demonstrates the concept, gameplay, input methods, objects, among other interesting features of a game that make it unique. Remember, the rough draft version …

The American video games industry has today emerged victorious in its six-year battle with Californian authorities. The US Supreme Court today ruled in favour of gaming in the case entitled Brown, Governor of California et al vs Entertainment Merchants Association et al. This means gaming is now safe from the …