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Online vigilante collective Anonymous has revealed surprise plans to launch its own, censorship-free social network. The move comes after members of the group were blocked from accessing the new Google+ network. Many also had their Gmail addresses frozen. Called AnonPlus, the network will allow all members to – surprise surprise …

Studio now collaborating with Just Add Water

Gran Turismo, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros – these are some of gaming’s biggest IPs, but Microsoft has said that its selection of first party trounces them all. That’s according to Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin, who in an interview with IndustryGamers reacted badly when it was suggested that …

Prototype headset tracks player movements; Virtual Reality revival 'certainly possible'

Ahead of his Develop Conference keynote, Mick Hocking explains lessons learnt from launching 3D on PlayStation

Valve has revamped its Steam platform to optimise content delivery, the company has said.With the help of new server and client codes, the overhauled Steam is said will offer better download rates for customers around the world. "The maximum aggregate bandwidth of the system will be greater than the current …

Speaking to MCV about the growing cloud gaming segment, one of EA’s leading executives has delivered a damning verdict of the once great App Store model popularised by Apple. Our current experience is that the App Store model is essentially in freefall,” chief creative director Richard Hilleman said in a …

Cloud gaming is on the horizon – but what does it mean for the industry? Top bosses frompublishing and retail forecast what trends we can expect to see as the technology catches on… The following is extracted from a a new report looking at the viability of cloud gaming from …

Mark Turmell departs EA Sports role; Reports suggest Zynga switch

Wednesday’sDevelop Industry Excellence Awardswill the biggest in event’s history. Over 550 top designers, programmers, artists and studio bosses from around the world will be in attendance to find out who has won key awards that acknowledge technical innovation, pioneering visual arts, attention-grabbing audio accomplishments and commercial and business prowess. Among …