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Computing giant reports 24 per cent growth compared to previous year

Browser games studio Night Owl Games backing lobbyists

Social games giant has 'spent $120 million on acquiring new users', claims analyst

Online marketplace to offer 90 per cent of revenues to developers if 16 more games are uploaded before deadline

Tequila Works' debut title Deadlight to release on Xbox in summer

This week we turn our attention to a range of jobs across the UK

'Vast majority' of Anno customers unaffected by hardware problems claims publisher

Publisher Ubisoft has once again been forced to defend the DRM it chose to implement in one of its PC titles. MCV reported earlier this weekthat strategy title Anno 2070 uses a limited activation system. This in itself is not uncommon but it transpires that if a user changes any …

The pressure is on EA and Activision, as Ubisoft became the No.1 publisher over Christmas. The firm sold more games than any other during the festive period (November 27th to December 31st). Just Dance 3 (no.3) and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations (no.6) were the firm’s top sellers for the month. For …

'Too early in Angry Birds lifecycle for public offering', says Peter Vesterbacka