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One of the most active World of Warcraft communities on the internet was this weekend temporarily suspended as an act of protest. The top moderator of Reddit’s World of Warcraft subreddit on Saturday suspended the page entirely as a result of his prolonged struggle to long into the game since …

We’re just two days away from LGC 2014 so now’s your last chance to book your ticket for one of the video game industry’s key networking opportunities. LGC 2014 takes place on November 19th at One Wimpole Street at 9:00am. In attendance will be a number of big companies including …

Nintendo’s famed designer Shigeru Miyamoto has lashed out at the company’s rivals for what he sees as a slew of me-too products. What the other companies are doing makes business sense but it’s boring,” the developer told The Telegraph. The same games appear on every system. At Nintendo we want …

'While there are clearly many benefits to an Early Access model, there is also the possibility of a broken promise to the consumer,' says EEDAR's Patrick Walker

This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Paul Sulyok, CEO and founder of Green Man Gaming, tells us about the power of Playfire and the changes games marketing is facing For the unaware, …

Evolution has said that it will give out free DLC to existing owners of Driveclub. The developer had planned to release a number of premium DLC packs for the troubled PS4 racer this month, but it has now chosen to drop the charges for existing owners as recompense for the …

The gamble that is Steam Early Access has been demonstrated in numbers. EEDAR’s head of insights and analytics Patrick Walker has on Games Industry said that only 25 per cent of Early Access have ever gone on to receive a full Steam release. This is as true for games released …

A developer who tweeted that he was going to kill Gabe Newell” has re-joined the studio whom he left to protect. Mike Maulbeck quit studio Code Avarice last month after publicly throwing a tantrum after its game Paranautical Activity was incorrectly listed on Steam, leading to the game being pulled …

Jon Walsh discusses the future of the SDK and how it fits in with its monetisation services

Nick Gibson reflects on the constant changes that can affect what apps are allowed on the social network