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Tomorrow’s release Dead Island has got its developer Techland in trouble for the second time in a week, this time because of a hidden anti-feminist slur. On Tuesday it was discovered that the version of the game released for PC on Steam was actually a port of the Xbox code, …

Wipe away physical costs and 'all the money goes to the developer or publisher'

Cloud gaming will prove a positive development for consumers, publishers and developers, THQ CEO Brian Farrell has told an audience at the Cloud Gaming USA conference in San Jose. "The box, ship and done model is transitioning to: observe, measure, and modify," he said, as reported by GamesIndustry. "Games [are …

It’s only a few weeks now until Gears of War 3 is released.Over the three years since the previous game in the series, the term ‘Added Value’ is the tag that developers have been focusing on. We already know about Call of Duty Elite and the EA Sports Season Ticket, …

The UK games market slipped slightly this week, down six per cent in value to 13.7m and five per cent in units to 619,538. It may only be a slight dip, but retail would have been hoping for better – particularly with the release of Driver: San Francisco (debuting at …

As of today every GAME and Gamestation store in the UK has a range of Xbox Live digital titles on their shelves. In February this year the range was trailed in 44 stores, with customers receiving a code to download the content either on a paper receipt, email or SMS …

Gritty, violent and, to be frank, all-round grumpy fella Max Payne will once again be hitting consoles and PC early next year. Rockstar has announced that Max Payne 3 will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in March 2012. Protagonist Max has taken up the job of a …

In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and biggest personnel news, there have been several changes made to the upper echelons of platform holders Sony and Microsoft. EXECUTIVE SHUFFLE FOR XBOX AND PLAYSTATION Jonathan Grimes (far left) has rejoined the team at Xbox UK as retail sales and …

Govt investment continues to grow for Canada's leading game dev cluster

Up until yesterday ModernWarfare3.com was not owned by Activision. Now, however, it is. In July publisher EA was accused of snapping up the domain so it could redirect fans to its own Battlefield 3 website. It transpired, though, that the URL was owned by Florida resident Anthony Abraham – a …