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Trolling is wrong and trolls themselves are horrific beings. But is there a genuine business consequence to this most despicable of pastimes? Yes, according to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata. Speaking to investors, the exec claimed: There have recently been negative campaigns on the internet in which false opinions are deliberately …

EA's Canadian superstudio topped our developer ranking - we examine why

Over 500 attendees expected at prestigious ceremony celebrating the industry's finest

Information about the cancelled Battlefront III isn’t exactly hard to come by, but a new video shows more detail than ever before about the lost title. The multiplayer shooter was in the works at UK studio Free Radical before its closure and subsequent purchase at the hands of Crytek in …

4.30pm today: Miles Jacobson, Andrew Smith and Will Luton look forward to the Develop in Brighton Conference

Take part today to represent the games sector in the creative media survey

Creative Skillset chief exec Dinah Caine calls on developers to take part in industry survey

478 MEPS vote against tough anti-piracy treaty

Square Enix has announced a new PC version of Final Fantasy VII. The game has already been released on PC back in 1997, but this digital-only re-release sees the game arrive with a few new features. As well as upscaled visuals (though notably not re-worked), the new SKU will also …

In hindsight, SmartGlass was Microsoft’s most significant announcement at E3 this year. Buried between key core games and gut-rumbling gunfire demos, and itself presented with too-cheesy catchphrases, SmartGlass at the time felt like the now typical ‘non-games moment’ during the Xbox presentation. Yet in the wake of further announcements the …