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Gabe Newell returns to issue of charging players based on how likeable they are

Konami has revealed its first teaser for PES 2013. The video itself reveals little, and contains no gameplay footage. What it does have, however, is none other than former Manchester United pretty boy and current Real Madrid frontman Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo, of course, would under normal circumstances be known as …

Expanding social giant inks mobile games deal

User base projected to fall to 1.25 million by March 2013

Attendees of last night’s MCV Awards 2012 were treated to a big-screen look at EA’s upcoming shooter Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The trailer gives a taste of the high-octane action including in the game, including several major cities and LOTS of explosions. The new Medal of Honor is due out …

Shopaholic games ported to App Store

Anonymous sources are claiming that a contract dispute is behind the delay of Prey 2. Bethesda yesterday dispelled rumours that the game had been canned, though did concede that it had been delayed to some point in 2013. Now ShackNews claims to have word from a secretive insider that the …

David Braben speaks out on controversial advertising practices used by games developers

But the studio's co-founder hopes for future partnerships

The Maxis senior VP gets the rapid-fire question treatment