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Blizzard Entertainment is the next major games studio to embrace free-to-play and will apply the model in an upcoming, as yet unannounced game, Develop understands. Following some eight years of success with its trailblazing MMO World of Warcraft, it is said that the California studio will expand business opportunities and …

World of Warcraft developer to continue experimenting with monetisation models

GAME stores are confirming that they will not be stocking the standard edition of Nintendo’s Wii title The Last Story tomorrow. Furthermore, the game has been removed from both the GAME and Gamestation websites and customers who had pre-orders in place have been notified of their cancellation. Yesterday the retailer …

Troubled retailers GAME and HMV have held crucial talks with its major suppliers. HMV invited its key games partners to its offices earlier in the month in order to discuss how they can better support the struggling entertainment giant. The event was an intimate affair, which publishers in the room …

Nintendo has revealed that its hugely successful DS series Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training is to return with a new title on 3DS. The puzzle series was one of the catalysts of DS’ success across the world, appealing to a varying market and, most importantly, to many consumers who had never …

Arjan Brusse leaves studio to 'look for new personal challenge'

David Solari to lead future marketing strategies at RuneScape developer

Volga Aksoy and Jerry Phaneuf developing space-based RTS title BlackSpace for PixelFoundry

The Pirate Bay has reacted to the threat of an ISP block in the UK by stating it will carry on offering its file-sharing service. On Monday the UK High Court found The Pirate Bay guilty of breach of copyright, stating the site’s owner’s sanction, approve and countenance the infringement …

Sony Computer Entertainment UK has established a temporary PlayStation showcase on Oxford Street. The outlet can be found in the technology section on the fifth floor of department store John Lewis. It gives shoppers the chance to try out both PlayStation Vita and PS3. The pop-up stand has been created …