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Freeplay Independent Games Festival has put out a call for speakers to present at its August 20 and 21 event at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Freeplay confirmed that a final program for the event is due in a little over a week, and are looking for speakers …

Although many more publishers and developers are still to come, EB Games has confirmed the attendance all platforms holders as well as THQ, Sega, Ubisoft, EA, 2K, Activision, Namco Bandai and several others for the EB EXPO in October. EB EXPO will take place on the Gold Coast on October …

THQ has revealed a zany pre-order offer for Saints Row: The Third with Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax. The pack will contain three pieces of downloadable content themed around the crazed stunt-cat: a ballistic man-a-pult (vehicle which sucks pedestrians into a roof-mounted cannon and shoots them back out), an …

Team Bondi’s management is actively working to learn from mistakes”, one dev at the company has said, weeks after it was revealed a controversial crunch culture had swept through the studio. David Heironymus, a programmer at the Australian indie studio, claimed however that allegations against Team Bondi have been exaggerated …

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The closure consultancy period for THQ’s UK development team has come to an end, and the publisher has indeed decided to shut the studio down, Develop has been told. Close to 36 will be made redundant effective immediately, with a transition team of 10 left to see the studio’s current …

Exclusivity has been dismissed by many an exec and developer and a redundant model in the modern games market, but Sony clearly disagrees having announced a huge investment in exclusive digital games for PlayStation platforms. PlayStation Network’s director of marketing Brandon Stander has said that the company is to invest …

News coverage 'very one-sided', but studio insider says the group will learn from mistakes

Microsoft and Epic Games’ upcoming Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War 3 has remarkably survived its brush with the German content regulators and will release in full and unedited in the country. Germany his a reputation for ruthlessly cracking down on violent content in video games and has forced many …