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PlayStation’s digital publishing arm wants developers to pitch free-to-play games for PSN, an executive at the company has said. Ted Regulski, manager of SCEA Developer Relations, said Sony has changed its philosophy and is now open to any business model”. One thing we’re working on quite a lot is free-to-play,” …

FullCycle to enable developers to design, create, test, localise and publish games

Valve 'worth more than $3 billion', claim equity analysts

Unreal Engine developer Epic Games says it is pushing the Big Three to create the most advanced consoles possible – if only to fend off Apple. In an interview with CVG, the company’s vice president Mark Rein said that tech demos such as last year’s Samaritan trailer are created to …

TeePee's project manager details the company's diverse range of services, including a unique testing platform

Supermarket chain Asda is to open over 200 stores at midnight tonight so gamers can get their hands on Mass Effect 3 the very moment it is released. Furthermore, the retailer is charging just 37.97 for the game – no strings attached. Mass Effect 3 is set to be a …

Website to offer insights and discussions on technical challenges to 'stimulate new innovations'

More than 10m units of Sony’s motion controller have made their way to retail since it launched. The platform holder’s field developer support engineer Gabe Ahn revealed this milestone to GameInformer during this week’s Game Developers Conference in 2012. While Ahn did not give a specific sales number, he did …

The next Assassin’s Creed will arrive earlier than usual as Ubisoft looks to grow its best-selling franchise. Assassin’s Creed III hits retail on October 31st for PS3, 360 and PC.?That’s two weeks earlier than its usual mid-November release window. Ubisoft believes the game will hold its own against the Q4 …

Tools to enable developers to create new games and import existing titles to device