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Penguin to launch first 'Willow the Whale' e-book title in October

Multiple interested parties vie for Omgpop buyout, report claims

Farmville company wants to expand across platforms

World of Warcraft could yet be released on iOS, providing developer Blizzard can find a way of acceptably mapping the MMO’s controls onto touch screens You’ve got to put an interface, what do you do?” WoW senior producer John Lagrave told Eurogamer. Maybe we’ll stumble on the great way to …

New casual games sensation hits 12.2m daily active users

'Retake Mass Effect' campaign raises $67,000 for charity

The days of the triple-A blockbuster are over, for today the games industry worships a new goal – the quadruple-A title. Well, that’s if you listen to Microsoft, which in a recent job listing spotted by Gamefront used the term quadruple-A (or AAAA, to be precise) no less than three …

Draw Something, the newest App Store sensation that brings Pictionary-like gaming to mobiles and tablets, is reportedly making more than $100,000 each day for its creators. The financial success of the title has fast become a matter of intense speculation. At the time of going to press, Draw Something is …

Customer says publisher has failed to meet promise of Online Pass support

Downsized studio considering options for mystery digital game