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The Boy Scouts of America has a new merit badge that will teach youngsters about games design. The Game Design merit badge offers kids the chance to practice the craft through a variety of mediums, including electronic, outdoor/athletic, tabletop, pen and Paper, or role-playing games. According toScouting Magazine, those seeking …

Requirements include game analysis, design, implementation, and iteration

After what has been a wretched start to life this week, SimCity has finally arrived in the UK – and everything’s fine! Gamers have been reporting a largely trouble-free time both downloading the game and logging into its servers ever since it went live at midnight. EA confirmed via Twitter …

New studio launched with Double Dragon Neon director Sean Velasco at the helm

Dead Space 3’s Awakened DLC is set to arrive next week across all platforms, EA has announced. The previously announced content pack will arrive on Tuesday, March 12th. The add-on will go for $9.99/800 MS Points, and release on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. What’s described by Visceral as the …

Apple has patented a bundle of strategies to create and maintain a used/borrowed market for digital goods such as games, movies, books, and software. Eurogamer reports on the patent, which implies users could sell or loan out purchased content to other users. During an exchange, the store the piece of …

Take-Two will look to bring its core gaming franchises to smartphones and tablets; claiming it has a long line of unannounced games as well. Speaking at the Wedbush Transformational Technologies Management Access Conference, COO Karl Slatoff touched on the publisher’s mobile strategy going forward. "As long as technology continues to …

Retired Epic Games president Mike Capps has left his advisory role with the company. Epic’s former president retired in December 2012, stating he would stay on with the Gears of War and Unreal developer on the board of directors. The move was apparently short-lived, as Capps has now departed the …

Second game in DF/Dracogen partnership to appear at South by Southwest in Austin

Server issues lead retailer to temporarily halt digital sales