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Core development team of 11 built the lucrative title within five weeks

Social gaming boom, plus cross-platform play, has dramatically changed consumer expectations social networking site says

Graphics chip giant Nvidia says the new tech offers current netbooks with ten times the graphics performance

As the Washington-based developer boasts over 25 million users

Battlefield 3 has been in production for three years, according to ex-DICE Canada’s studio manager Fredrik Liliegren. He told Gaming Union: I know what DICE were talking about on the PC side for Battlefield 3, and they haven’t announced any of that yet, after three years.” Liliegren has previously worked …

Serious Business staff to transfer to Zynga offices

Ratings body ESRB has apologised for certain comments made about Tecmo Koei’s upcoming PSP title, Dead Or Alive paradise. Yesterday, a variety of outlets reported on the board’s description of the controversial title. The official ESRB website said: Parents and consumers should know that the game contains a fair amount …

25m members now signed up to leading digital distribution network

The MMO is potentially the most lucrative genre in the world. There are over 11.5 million subscribers to Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, while the Chinese MMO market is expected to reach $5.5bn by the end of the year (according to Pearl Research). But for every Lord of the Rings Online, …

MMO specialists have told MCV that predicting the fall of World of Warcraft is ‘futile’. Blizzard’s title is the world’s most lucrative MMO, raking in over $100 million a month. And rival developers admit that even when there are some big name MMOs on the horizon – such as Star …