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Publishers of games that have an online component may be forced to hand them over to gamers if they cease to support them. Gamasutra reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed legal paper seeking six exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, one of which seeks exemptions for games …

ARM's Nizar Rhomdhane looks at the opportunities that will soon be in developers' hands

With the next-gen version of Grand Theft Auto V now just two weeks away, Rockstar has revealed a limited edition soundtrack SKU. The Music of Grand Theft Auto V includes 59 tracks and is limited to a production run of just 5,000 units. Both vinyl and CD versions are planned. …

Dragon Age: Inquisition will be available for subscribers to EA Access five days ahead of its general release. The game is released in the UK on November 21st but will be playable on Xbox One via EA Access from November 16th. As is the way with EA Access trials, however, …

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Mixamo's ambition to make character creation and animation available to all

Retailer GAME has over the weekend rewarded 8,000 customers with a big slice of free store credit. When GAME floated in the summer it also handed out what it calls Virtual loyalty Shares to 20,000 customers. Most received 100 worth, although 10 were given 1,000 of the virtual shares. 8,000 …

Rahul Sood forms new start-up

Twitch has signed on as the official live stream partner for this year’s London Games Conference. The sixth outing for the event returns in just over two weeks’ time on Wednesday November 19th, and will take place at 1 Wimpole Street in London. This year’s proceedings will focus on how …

Former Eidos chairman and Creative Skillset Games Council chair Ian Livingstone CBE on why the industry workforce needs to speak out about their skills and training needs