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In the Java days of the mobile games industry, Tetris was a licence to print money, as tens of millions of feature phone owners parted with 5 or $5 to get their fix of falling blocks. The game’s dominant position has been usurped by Angry Birds in the apps era, …

Braben-endorsed microcomputer packs a punch

Last month, MCV reported that US-based peripherals specialist PDP has opened a new UK office.But this is just the beginning of a larger expansion into Europe. PDP is the No.1 gaming accessories manufacturer in North America, by quite some margin,” the firm’s newly appointed European regional manager Chris Spearing tells …

Minecraft, one of the most popular PC games of recent years, has yet to launch on Steam due to a conflict of interests over DLC terms, the game’s creator has said. Markus Persson has been unremitting in his admiration of Valve’s digital channel, but said current platform restrictions would negatively …

GameStop.co.uk is currently offering either the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions of Driver: San Francisco for just 21.97. The company tweeted the deal at 12:52pm, saying that it would run for an hour. Last week the retailer hit the headlines when it reduced current UK No.1 Deus Ex: Human Revolution …

Both groups' DLC policies are 'incompatible', Persson says

Nokia has closed down its developer network due to an illicit data breach attack on its systems. Sensitive details of developers from within the network have been accessed, Nokia said. Likely compromised data includes user email addresses and, in less regularity, dates of birth and other personal data such as …

The European boss of EA has said that the publisher won’t make the digital versions of its games exclusive to its new and upcoming Origin retail portal. Problems that led to the removal of several EA titles from Steam had caused many to conclude that EA was to promote Origin …

A limited edition gold Wiimote will be released alongside The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It will be available in a bundle alongside the new Zelda game when the game is released on November 18th in the UK. As is the way with all modern Wiimotes, it will incorporate the …

Alien Apple offers visual design services