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Social gaming giant Zynga has posted its first ever quarterly financial report, delivering numbers roughly in line with expectations. Although it reported a loss of $435m for the quarter ending December 31st, this was widely expected and stems from the $510m stock-based compensation paid out to employees following its flotation. …

EA has confirmed that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be releasing 1st March in ANZ, Hong Kong and Singapore. The game has been out in North America and Europe since 20th December last year, leaving many Australian and New Zealand consumers with the option of waiting for a release …

GameSpot is reporting that the new Federal Minister for Home Affairs is predicting an R18+ rating by next year. Jason Clare indicated that he believes the bill will become legislation by 1st January 2013, after introducing the bill into parliament today. It was initially unknown whether the previous Minister for …

Social games company earnings at five cents a share, but GAAP earnings down

Organizers reveal talks with Ian Livingstone, Sojo Studios, and panel discussions

Brazilian social games company terminates an unspecified number of employees

Engine gets new particle effect system, pathfinding, and Google Chrome native client

In a rare occurrence, download sales figures have been released a Nintendo platform. A report from Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment estimates that $11.1m were spent on digital 3DS titles, encompassing remakes from Virtual Console and 3D Classics and original 3DSWare titles. The most popular game was The Legend of …

There's no wrong price point, says Sony studio boss

Virtual power-ups to monetise social game