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A game narrative expert has urged studios to stop forcing human drama into established game templates, claiming the approach has consistently proven to be flawed. Alexis Kennedy, the ‘chief narrative officer’ at the award-winning digital fiction company Failbetter Games, pulled no punches in his analysis of games such as LA …

Develop Conference: TeePee Games CEO lauds free-to-play model for all Android games

President of Gears of War studio will discuss "triple-A" attitude in all forms of games development

A top-of-the-range 249.99 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headset will accompany the game’s release in November. It’s one of four limited edition Turtle Beach headsets which will be distributed by Lygo to UK retail. The accessories have been designed by the Modern Warfare 3 audio teams at Infinity Ward …

Codemasters has announced that from tonight its popular racing title GRID will be available on Valve’s digital retail portal Steam at a discounted price for charity. The game will be priced at just 2.99/$4.99/€4.49 from this evening through until Thursday July 21st. All profits from the sales will go to …

Batman Forever star Val Kilmer will provide the voice of villain Walker Sloan in Spider-Man: Edge of Time. It’s part of Activision’s plans to bolster its Spider-Man and X-Men Destiny multiformat games with Hollywood voice talent. Smallville’s Laura Vandervoort will voice Mary Jane while Katee Sackhoff – who played Lieutenant …

Batman fans will be able to get their hands on a special Collector’s Edition when Arkham City arrives this October. The Collector’s Edition will include a custom Batman statue, a collectible art book, the game’s soundtrack and a bonus DC Universe animated movie, Batman: Gotham Knight. It will also grant …

It was only a year ago that top-level industry execs were questioning the very viability and future of the console hardware cycle. Now, the move to a new breed of machines is near, it is being claimed. And these claims come from the very top of leading publisher Ubisoft. The …

Short of being caught up in the News of the World phone tapping fiasco, it’s hard to imagine how things could be much worse for retro games icon Mega Man right now. Capcom has confirmed that the in development Mega Man Legends 3 is no more. It’s the second cancellation …

Develop Conference: Games attempting emotional drama 'resemble the inverted baboon in The Fly'