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Consumers’ ability to trade-in games at GameStop contributes $1.8bn to the US games industry every year, the retailer has claimed. Revealing that 70 per cent of all income derived from used games is immediately spent on new titles, GameStop president Paul Raines told Gamasutra that it’s proud of how it …

Attendees who book before the early bird deadline will be entered into prize draw

PEGI age ratings have been law in the UK for a whole week now. But the battle is only just beginning. The successful introduction of a single, legally enforceable age ratings system for video games software is a tremendous victory for a games industry that is still fighting those who …

Some of the biggest names in digital games distribution and marketing will speak at November’s London Games Conference. Experts from EA/Origin, Disney, Sega, IGN, Meteor, ISFE and ultra-popular YouTube stars Yogscast will share advice on best practice on promoting and selling games online at the Wednesday, November 21st event. This …

Smartphone and tablet titles should provide a tailored user interface, says Bungie founder

UK games buyers have chosen the 20 games they think will be the biggest blockbusters this Christmas. These are the releases that are crucial in retail’s bid to reduce the 33 per cent drop in sales that the boxed market has suffered so far this year. In fact, these 20 …

Publisher to leave Germany home in April 2013

The developer behind iOS and Android shooter Dead Trigger has claimed that consumer piracy is a force that can never be stopped. Madfinger initially released Dead Trigger as a paid-for title but switched to a freemium model after what it described as an unbelievably high” level of piracy with the …

US free-to-play studio U4ia making console's first FPS Offensive Combat

The PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII that went live over the weekend was a mistake. The RPG was made available to download in the US for a short period of time over the weekend. However, plenty of eager fans had already coughed up $12.70 for the game. And upon …