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Triple-A becomes free-to-play, but Valve may not push the model to other blockbusters

Disney-owned developer likely turning its attention to digital games

Microsoft has said that it was saddened by the attack on PSN in April and that occurrences of this kind are bad for entire industry. It’s bad for the industry that this has happened to Sony," Xbox COO Dennis Durkin told Industry Gamers. "It’s very, very bad. It’s very damaging. …

Global literary superstar J.K. Rowling has today announced a new digital expansion to the Harry Potter universe, Pottermore. Interestingly the project is being designed in collaboration with Sony, though there’s no indication of any video games tie-ins – presumably as Warner currently owns the video game rights. Pottermore will first …

Gabe Newell pleased with new consoleâ??s graphics performance

Respected UK games industry figure will take key prize at July 20th Develop Awards ceremony

"Sorry, I might not have been clear. I was simply stating that@TechCrunch‘s article is not true." That claim was this morning made by PopCap’s community rep Jennifer Kye, according the Venturebeat. Shortly afterwards the tweet was deleted. While it may simply be a case of PopCap ensuring that employees stick …

Publishing giant 'to spend over $1 billion'

Rumours suggest big-money swoop could be made by Zynga, EA or DeNA