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ASUS slapped with antitrust fine for price fixing

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Asus has been slapped with a hefty fine by the European Commission after the company was revealed to be engaged in online price fixing, a breach of European Antitrust law. Asus picked up a fine for over €63 million, while PCGN reports Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer were also …

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GOG: Classic console games ‘might be possible’

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GOG, a DRM-free marketplace for PC games that sells a mix of modern and classic titles, has said that classic console games could be a possibility on the service, but it’s a legal problem rather than a technical one. “I think it might be possible at some point,” Marcin Paczynski, …

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Ravi Vijh: We need to talk about influencers

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Ravi Vijh is account director at Bastion, a PR agency that has been ‘briefing and steering’ in games for 25 years. We need to talk about influencers. More specifically, we need to talk about how influencers have become a key sector in the make-up of modern media and – usually …

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Develop: Brighton sees record 2,369 attendees for 2018 event

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Develop:Brighton has announced record attendance figures for Develop:Brighton’s 2019 iteration, with 2,369 attendees over three days at Brighton’s Hilton Metropole hotel. This is a nine per cent increase, year on year, in attendance for the Brighton games event. “I’d like to thank all our speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees for …

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