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Illicit file sharing hotbed Russia Valve's 'second largest continental European market'

Tomorrow is the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. Gwynne Dixon – Total Video Games …

Eric Holmes leaves the Gears group after 'golden opportunity'

The common consensus is that pirated games are popular because they’re free. But not so, according to Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue,” Newell told a conference audience in Seattle, as reported by GeekWire. …

Developer has raised $100 million in venture capital since 2007

Two new Batman-themed Xbox 360 bundles are now available from Gem Distribution – the first of several new SKUs due this Christmas. The distributor is working with leading third-party publishers, such as Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, to bolster its Xbox offering in the run-up to the holidays. And these bundles …

PS3 game production is to begin at Sony DADC’s Russian base in Borovsk, the company has announced. Manufacturing of Blu-ray discs began at the facility in July following Sony DADC’s acquisition of Russian firm Kaluga earlier this year, but this expansion will allow the company to further spread the reach …

But sources say plans are not final

It has been revealed that some games for the PlayStation Vita will require the use of an external memory card to save game progress. Vita games purchased on the High Street take the form of small proprietary memory cards. Many of these will save a player’s progress directly onto the …

It’s one of the biggest releases of the year so far, and retail is preparing a huge operation to welcome EA’s Battlefield 3 to UK retail. Both GAME and Gamestation will be opening hundreds of stores on midnight on the night of Thursday October 27th. Most will open at around …