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Valve rival handing out free games after accessing certain data

It has emerged that EA’s PC download service Origin is auto-adding EA titles to gamer’s user lists that were purchased from a rival network. Specifically, Steam. Joystiq reports that users have noticed that games such as Dead Space 2 and Mass Effect 2 are automatically appearing on their Origin accounts …

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After the success of Tim Schafer and Indie Game: The Movie, is Kickstarter all it's cracked up to be?

Tomahawk to offer dev-focused beta testing from specially recruited 'Super Users'

Develop looks under the hood of the powerful development tool

We look at the inner workings of the versatile multi-platform tool

It looks like it isn’t only Bethesda that is ramping up work on next-gen projects. A job listing from Peter Molyneux’s Lionhead is seeking a lead engine programmer for an unannounced title”. The applicant must have experience with DirectX 11, which is not used in either Xbox 360 or PS3 …

"Blanka, you’ve won a crossword competition! Collect 100 and pass the dice will you, pet?" Capcom has announced that USAopoly is working on a Street Fighter themed version of property and finance board game Monopoly. It’s such an obvious match MCV is staggered the concept has taken to long to …

'First ever' social games for digital download, claim California companies