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The UK is to host a new, high-profile event dedicated to the business of casual games in October. The Casual Games Forum will debut during London Games Festival on Thursday, October 30th in the centre of the Capital. The event – organised by Tandem Events – will be a one-day …
Read More »Game file-sharers hit with court fine
A PC games publisher has won a court-action against four individuals who uploaded Dream Pinball 3D onto illegal file-sharing websites, according to Metro. The four were ordered to pay 750 in fines and 2000 in costs to Topware Interactive, in a case that could lead to the conviction of thousands …
Read More »Latest Wii firmware blocks homebrew and Freeloader
It seems that Nintendo has decided to take action on the growing homebrew Wii community following news that its latest update to the Wii’s firmware (version 3.3) removes files associated with ‘unauthorised modifications’ from users’ machines, according to Joystiq . In addition, GoNintendo reports that it also seems that firmware …
Read More »ATI’s GPU physics partner is… Havok?
Intel-owned middleware firm strikes partnership despite parental opposition
Read More »New Civilization game announced
Take Two subsidiary 2K Games has announced that a new addition to the Sid Meier’s Civilization series will be released this autumn. Civilization IV: Colonization will be released on PC for Games for Windows and is currently in development at long-term Civ studio Firaxis Games. The title is based on …
Read More »Warcraft more shameful than porn
A leading psychiatrist in the treatment of online game addiction has revealed that some World Of Warcraft users are more ashamed of being addicted to the game than to online porn. Speaking to The Boston Globe, Dr Jerald Block spoke about the rise in internet addiction and some of the …
Read More »‘Forget the charts; PC gaming is in great shape’
Manufacturer Nvidia has blasted claims that PC gaming is dying, insisting that ChartTrack and NPD data fail to provide a full account of the strength of the format. Roy Taylor, VP of content & developer relations at Nvidia said that the charts don’t take into account the changing nature of …
Read More »Profits and sales up at NCsoft
The MMO specialist has released its financial results for the quarter ended March 31st, in which both profits and sales were up. On a consolidated basis, sales came to $84.3 million, (88.1 billion Korean Won) operating income of US $18.9 million (KRW 19.7 billion), and net profit of US $7.7 …
Read More »Casual games rule New York
A recent report by New York’s Centre for an Urban Future has said the core games industry is badly represented in the Big Apple – but adds that the city it is one of the leading clusters in North America when it comes to casual games. The report, called Getting …
Read More »Want to know the history of casual games?
Do you know where the casual games phenomenon has come from? Does it seem a little like it’s arrived out of nowhere? MCV’s sister site Casualgaming.biz has handily published a full history of the genre – all the way back to 2200 BC – when the ancient Chinese Emperor Tang …
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