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Warner Bros is being sued by the estate of JRR Tolkien over its use of the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit IPs in a virtual slot machine game. The Tolkien estate has filed an $80m claim stating that the company is in violation of the licensing agreement that states …

Valve expands test pool for beta of forthcoming distribution platform

A case of closing the stable doors after the horse has bolted? Kotaku reports via a translation from a Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that the country has finally banned the notorious R4 device, famed for its DS piracy uses. The R4 allows users to store and run …

Tagplay’s latest iOS release Hotel Vegas won’t be available to consumers in the UK. And that’s because one of its many features is the inclusion of our very own Prince Harry. In the nude. Why, you might ask? Back in August the second in line to the British throne was …

Gree has said it is sorry for its handling of the closure of OpenFeint and for putting developers in what it admitted was a tough situation. Speaking toPocketGamer, SVP of marketing and developer relations Eros Resmini said the firm had originally planned to give developers a full year to mirgrate …

Develop speaks to the team behind Minecraft to discover what makes this studio tick

2K is enjoying a golden period on the back of Borderlands 2, NBA 2K13 and XCom: Enemy Unknown. The publisher’s president Christoph Hartmann discusses its recent success, next year’s BioShock Infinite and the future of consoles… In a tough year for games, 2K?appears to have bucked the trend. What’s been …

Long-standing UK developer blames 'decline in demand for console games'; moves focus to mobile

This week we take a look at jobs available at one of Ireland's newest and largest developers, Digit Game Studios

UK developer Eurocom is to announce wide-ranging redundancies” today, a report has claimed. Games Industry believes that the studio is not set to close, though hasn’t got a figure on the exact number of losses. An announcement is expected shortly. Derby-based Eurocom is due to celebrate its 25th birthday next …