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Apple net profits for Q2 2012 at $11.6 billion; up 94% year-on-year

Drake's Deception to get game of the year edition

Series of events to explore new opportunities for the games industry

Korean online game company seeks to improve quality with Epic Games tech

'The closer developers are to their users, the more the line blurs between both'

The games sector will 'live or die based on whether it can find new ways to make users happy', says Newell

Gabe Newell says studio is looking at 'open hardware solution in both the living-room and mobile spaces'

'Light' server numbers due to decline in concurrent users, not subscribers, dev suggests

New US online retailer EKGaming has made a remarkable pledge – to share ten per cent of its pre-owned revenues with publishers. It hopes to encourage what it describes as a circle of life” in retail that benefits all parts of the chain. It has also pledged to better the …

German developer Crytek has said that it is focused on delivering DirectX 11 level graphics on Xbox 360 and PS3 for its upcoming release Crysis 3. DirectX 11 is a graphical standard currently reserved for high-end PC games, although the studio is convinced it can get Crysis 3 running on …