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Devs in UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain set to benefit from distribution platform's EU debut

A proposed settlement offer from Motorola has been rejected by Microsoft as the pair’sw legal tussle continues. Having successfully won a block on Xbox 360 sales in Germany(pending the outome of the US trial), Motorola’s patent claim against the console now threatens to ban the machine from the US. CVG …

Licensing deal with Microsoft to see tool suite made available to Windows Phone developers

New title Lyroke to offer interactive music videos 'featuring top artists'

Sony has confirmed that it is to suspend its PlayStation Network service in South Korea. The network will be taken offline on June 29th. The move will not affect PS Vita of PSP users. Gamasutra reports that the cause is a new South Korean legal enforcement called the Game Industry …

A report has claimed Nintendo has now acquired co-ownership status of Tecmo Koei’s horror IP Fatal Frame. Rely On Horror reports that Nintendo has recently changed its copyright status to confirm the move and at the same time has fully acquired Fatal Frame’s spin-off IP Spirit Photography. It now has …

State-backed exclusive distro channel to grant developers access to 130 million users

It’s often hard to distinguish between fact and faction. But luckily sometimes companies make it far easier for us to tell. Remember the leaked” Xbox 720 roadmap document that emerged online at the weekend? Even MCV treated it with a pinch of salt. Well, it now looks more or less …

Several Jump Games releases based on Indian themes and developed specifically for the local market have been downloaded over one million times each on the Nokia Store, the company announced today. Games such as Border War Face Off, TwistedMachines Moto Madness and T20 Cricket 2012 have each been downloaded over …

Developers are being invited to submit apps for a European version of the Amazon App Store, which is scheduled to open this summer. The portal will support the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain with plans for further global expansion in the near future”. Developers will be free to choose …