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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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Facebook may open info floodgates to developers
Social networking giant set to announce new measures that will give developers unprecedented levels of data
Read More »VIDEO: Square Enix reveals new WWII IP
Western-looking Japanese publisher Square Enix has lifted the lid on a brand new WWII strategy title called Order of War, which will be released on PC in Europe this autumn. The game, which promises to feature massive scale battles brought to life with a cinematic intensity never seen before in …
Read More »Gazillion working on six or seven MMO games
Newly revealed MMO developer Gazillion has claimed that it is working on six or seven” titles at the moment, and that its intention is to take the currently hardcore-centric MMO genre to the mainstream. Marvel announced earlier this month that it has signed a ten-year deal with comic giant Marvel …
Read More »BigWorld 2.0 engine to incorporate Nvidia technology
GDC 09: PhysX 'dramatically raising the bar' for games makers
Read More »Nvidia tech integrated into Trinigy Vision Engine 7
GDC 09: Deal gives Trinigy Vision Engine users access to PhysX technology
Read More »Games for Windows Live looks to dodge piracy, drive DLC
GDC 09:Latest features for PC games include copy protection, in-game marketplace and roaming
Read More »Annual PC market worth $11bn
Whilst the fragmentation of the PC market across traditional retail and online has made the entire segment hard to track, and even created the (debatable) belief that the sector is suffering severe decline, a new report from the PCGA claims that the PC remains the world’s number one games machine. …
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