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Colin McRae Dirt 2 delayed on PC

Publisher Codemasters has confirmed that the PC version of upcoming racer Colin McRae: Dirt 2 has been delayed from its initial September release date until some time in December – though the reward will be the integration of DirectX 11. DirectX 11, the latest iteration of Microsoft’s PC gaming SDK, …

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Edwards becomes PC Gamer editor

Future Publishing has announced the appointment of Tim Edwards as Editor of PC Gamer. Having worked on PC Gamer since joining Future as a staff writer in 2002, Tim takes the Editor’s chair with immediate effect, following the departure of Ross Atherton for Activision Blizzard’s European PR team. Working through …

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Stardock: Our customers make the rules, not the pirates

Demigod developer Stardock has stated that the huge piracy rates suffered by its recent PC release Demigod will not result in the studio implementing copy protection DRM. If I wrote a post saying that Demigod sales were far below what we had hoped for and I said that the reason …

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Garriott suing NCsoft for $24m?

Six months on from his seemingly amicable departure from Korean MMO firm NCsoft, it is now being claimed that space-traveller Richard Garriott is to sue his former employer for $24m. Kotaku reports that documents from the Texas Western District Court show that Garriott is accusing the firm of fraud. In …

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Moore: Boxed PC games ‘arent working’

The outspoken boss of EA Sports and former Xbox boss Peter Moore has stated that the current business model of boxed PC games is no longer viable for the publisher. We’ve got to find the right business model for us going forward,” Moore told Edge. We really want to keep …

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