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Namco Bandai is giving consumers the chance to be among the first to test Ridge Racer Driftopia, the first free-to-play entry in the series. The game was announced back in April and enters closed beta on Steam today. It is being developed for PS3 and PC by Bugbear Entertainment, the …

Former EA CEO says the industry will soon tire of profit-driven clones

Sony details its revamped submission process and how it plans to tackle discoverability

Develop gives the creator of CSR Racing the rapid-fire question treatment

CliffyB asks Fez creator not to give up on gaming for good

An exciting new award, the Games Media Academy, will be introduced at the Games Media Awards 2013 this October. The award is supported by Future, IGN, Gamespot, Network-N and, of course, Intent Media. This category was open to anyone who is currently NOT paid as a member of the games …

Over 50 writers have been named as finalists at the UK’s specialist awards celebrating the very best in games journalism. The annual Games Media Awards cover all corners of the games press, national press, lifestyle media, national newspapers, radio, TV and blogging community. As well as the 50 writers up …

Sony’s gaming division has seen operating losses grow from 3.5bn to 14.8bn ($149m) for the quarter ending June 2013. Sales were flat at 117.9bn primarily due to a decrease in unit sales of the PS3, PSP and PS2” while gaming losses increased significantly primarily due to an increase in research …

Gamer rage is counterproductive for fans, says BioShock creator Ken Levine

Upcoming racer F1 2013 will not require users to input online passes, MCV can reveal. Codemasters first introduced online passes into its games in 2011. It’s not yet known whether this is the end to online passes in all Codemasters titles, although with all and sundry now distancing themselves from …