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As part of our Social Media Special, Ubisoft’sUK head of digital marketing Alan Dykes discusses how Twitter and Facebook can be crucial to a game’s success – if used inventively Advocacy radiates from core fans – they give a franchise legitimacy and deliver far more value revenue-wise than they spend …

Following our look at how social media can be used to build communities, IGN’s Rich Keen discusses the new challenges this poses for media firms as pubishers and developers reach out to fans directly When it comes to digital channels there’s no doubt that the lines between games publisher, retailer …

Twitter, Facebook and other online networks are a part of our daily lives, but is the games industry taking full advantage of these direct connections to fans? James Batchelor asks experts about the best way to build a community with social media The fence is down. Publishers need no longer …

NASSCOM has issued a call for speakers for the NASSCOM Game Developer Conference 2012, which is scheduled to take place in Pune on 2nd and 3rd November, 2012. The Game Developer Conference is the 2011 is the set the benchmark for the Indian games industry, with over 700 delegates participating …

Popular dungeon-crawler may be released on console, says Edmund Mcmillen

Cloth simulation tool available as Unity and Unity Pro plug-in

BT has finally caved to legal pressure and blocked access to The Pirate Bay for its UK customers. It was the last ISP to cooperate with the High Court’s demand to revoke access tot eh portal, with others such as TalkTalk, Virgin, O2 and Sky having already implemented bans. However, …

Mumbai-based distributor Origin Games has tied up with 505 Games to distribute its games in India, with a strong focus on the publisher’s Kinect offerings. Origin will release games from the Zumba Fitness publisher starting July, however, only the console versions will be released in India. PC gamers are out …

BT joins O2, TalkTalk and Virgin in blocking direct access to the site

The CEO of developer Starbreeze has admitted that recent FPS release Syndicate was a lost battle from the get-go”. The game, published by EA, was released earlier this year and was based on the 1993 IP that enjoyed huge success on PC, Amiga and various consoles. However, the game faced …