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Illegal file-sharing 'inevitable', so small developers should embrace it, says Sean Hogan

Having already handled much of Codemasters’ European distribution, Namco Bandai has now taken control of the publisher’s UK distribution as well. It’s an expansion of a deal that first arose in 2010, and not as some may fear a first move toward the closure of Codemasters’ publishing business. There has …

PC giant Nvidia is on the hunt for a supplier to release its new games console into the UK. The firm, best known for its graphics cards, revealed Project Shield at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month. The portable plays Android titles and can even stream games …

More than 30,000 backers pledge donations for Introversion game

Whenever a big entertainment retailer goes bust, it prompts the same analysis: They didn’t adapt to the rise of digital”. Such troubled chains are trying, of course. Since coming back from the brink last year, GAME has begun to transform its business, as did HMV and Blockbuster before bankruptcy. Websites …

Year-long project aims to unearth future talent through building interactive environments

Digital learning event Learning Without Frontiers, which was due to take place this June, has been cancelled. It would have been the eighth time the event had place. The decision has been taken due to the failure to attract sufficient commercial sponsorship support”, something the organisers blame on the current …

Studio investigating potential for business model on consoles

Crysis developer Crytek foresees a future for the company where none of its titles make it to retail. That’s because the German developer wants to become the leader in what it believes is the emerging hardcore free-to-play space, with its own Gface platform at the centre of it – much …

EA’s digital download service Origin is approaching 40m registered users across PC and iOS. A decent jump, that, from the 30m registered users it reported in October 2012. Around 500 titles are currently available on Origin including key EA exclusives such as Battlefield 3 and the upcoming Crysis 3. Interestingly, …