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Fancy proving your skills in a tournament even John Terry is afraid to attend? Last year SJS successfully raised 2,000 for GamesAid via its first ever 5-a-side tournament and this year the popular event makes a comeback. It all takes place on Thursday April 25th from 5pm at the Lucozade …

Anger a 'misunderstanding' over how the development cycle works

Free-to-play and downloads are the fastest-growing business models of the past five years, but how many video games publishers actually rely on them rather than more traditional methods of releasing games? In January and February 2013, industry networking and events firm Game Connection led a publishers’ survey targeting key business …

More prizes promised for successful entrants

Day-one DLC is a vital component on a publisher’s balance sheet, but it’s also a practice regarded with wide-held disdain by many vocal consumers. It’s a reaction that the industry has noticed, Bethesda VP Pete Hines told OXM, but is also one that should also be kept in check. "I …

Face-to-face meetings helped keep Far Cry 3's cross-continent development unified

Organisation calls on developers to help evaluate sector's size, comoposition and economic impact

What do you have if you remove the multiplayer component of Halo 3: ODST? A tempting $14.99 Xbox Live Marketplace download. Microsoft has repackaged its 2009 Xbox 360 shooter, stripping out its MP components (Halo 4 is available to cater for that) and leaving it as a single standalone adventure. …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at HTML5, augmented reality and perceptual computing

Michael Lenz to lead data mining, market research and the development of new tools