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Zynga’s current crisis may have claimed its first high-profile games executive. The Wall Street Journal reports that John Schappert has been stripped of his duties relating to Zynga’s video games operations. Schappert rocked the games world in April 2011 when it was revealed that he had quit his role of …

Lower than expect sales for Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops: The Line blamed for poor showing

San Francisco based browser game developer Kixeye is in for a good day. The studio has released a recruitment ad on YouTube. And, frankly, it’s amazing. This is viral marketing done good and will not only resonate extremely well with developers, but also with gamers themselves. Check it our below:

Over-the-top role-playing shooter Borderlands 2 has escaped the scalpel of censorship unscathed. Despite its cartoony but brutal abundance of what developer Gearbox Software calls "bloody chunks of awesomeness", the game will be released in all territories with no cuts made. That includes stricter markets such as Australia and Germany, where …

An alteration has been added the Steam’s terms and conditions that Valve hopes will help combat the threat of consumer lawsuits. Sony introduced a similar change to its PlayStation Network back in September (in the wake of 2011’s PSN security outage) and was slaughtered by the internet games collective. It …

Students to develop Metro style titles for Windows 8 in 48-hour event

The launch of the 3DS XL is pivotal to the future fortunes of the Nintendo 3DS and early sales numbers for the handheld are encouraging. Although Nintendo has not released concrete sales numbers for the UK, Games Industry reports that the machine sold a little shy of five figures” (as …

PC hardware maker Cooler Master has expanded its CM Storm gaming brand with the Stryker gaming PC case. The all-white Stryker features full dust filters, an inbuilt fan controller, an external SSD drive hot-swap dock, and two uniquely modular hard drive cages. It also sports a strong grab-handle, allowing it …

Take-Two has released its financial report for the first quarter in its FY 2013. According to the report, losses were heavy for the period coming in at $110.8m compared to just $8.6m from the same quarter a year ago. Lower than anticipated sales for Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops: …

EA has announced its financial results for the prior quarter ending on June 30th, with reports and figures revealed for Battlefield 3 Premium, Origin, and more. Total net revenue (non-GAAP) for the company dropped to $491m compared with $524m earned in the same quarter last year according to the financial …