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App reaches more than 140,000 downloads in three months

Publisher Ubisoft has once again found itself to be the subject of internet rage over its PC gaming DRM strategies. Dutch site Guru3D has revealed that any hardware alteration to a PC on which strategy title Anno 2070 has already been activated will trigger a further activation, as the software …

Admits renegotiation of stock compensation to early employees 'probably wasn't a good idea'

Develop sits down with the region's leading lights to discuss how the area is facing new challenges

Are we going about making online games the wrong way? Neil Harris considers the medium's future

THQ is still funding development of an undisclosed project based on the upcoming Pixar movie Brave, a senior source within Disney has told Develop. The movie tie-in project, due for a summer release, had become the subject of unconfirmed rumours emerging over the weekend. Analyst Kevin Dent claimed on Twitter …

Consumer games site Totalvideogames.com has officially ceased operation. The site’s staff writer Gwynne Dixon was last year nominated for best online specialist writer at the Games Media Awards 2011. It’s with much regret and a heavy heart that we’re announcing the closure of Totalvideogames.com (TVG),” an internal email to staff …

Latest Apple tablet to feature higher resolution screen and quad-core chip

Publishing source squashes rumours

Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the most purchased digital video game on Amazon in the US in 2011. Interestingly, however, the game doesn’t even feature in the Top Ten of the physical games chart for the period. Joystiq reports that Modern Warfare 3 unsurprisingly won that particular race …