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A US judge has thrown out Motorola’s attempt to ban the Xbox 360 over an alleged patent dispute. The BBC reports that Motorola was attempting to claim $4bn a year due to an alleged breach of its connectivity and video-coding patents. The judge argued that the patents have been recognised …

Developer that found fame on Facebook now devotes most staff to mobile platforms

It will be impossible to draw any meaningful conclusion from the Wii U launch until the New Year, but that hasn’t stopped some quarters of the press adapting an almost instinctively negative position. But in the face of hasty conclusions, Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has praised the company …

Shared center of games design going ahead after successful Kickstarter campaign

'We were not perfect. We made mistakes, but third-parties had a hand in our failure'

Despite never making it to market, the ill-fated Star Wars Battlefront 3 has caused a public dispute between Free Radical co-founder Steve Ellis and an anonymous LucasArts employee. "It felt like we had turned a corner as a company," Ellis told GamesTM of the game’s development. "We had had a …

London leads the number of projects started

Call of Duty, Halo and Medal of Honor are now on shelves, but there is still one major shooter to watch out for. MCV asks the minds behind Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 about standing out in the market’s most competitive genre… Far Cry 3 arrives shortly after two of the …

Crowdfunding service says creators benefit even in failure

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