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Game Developers Association of Australia hails new $1.9bn tax relief scheme

Over $50 million paid for Words With Friends group Newtoy

Video games retailers are among the many firms that are reconsidering their position on advertising with the News of the World. The News International-owned tabloid currently faces allegations concerning a private investigator that was reportedly employed by the publication who hacked into the mobile phone of missing person Millie Dowler. …

Electronic Arts lost one of its most senior executives to the social games firm

Square Enix has filed a lawsuit against the people believed to be behind a recent Deus Ex leak. A preview build of the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution was accessed and uploaded onto torrent sites in late May. The code contained early sections of the game. The publisher is now …

Rumoured redesign will also feature 'deals of the week' promotion space

Gamesbrief director and industry analayst Nicholas Lovell says publishers of subscription-based MMOs could be denying themselves additional income. His comments come as several MMO publishers shift to a free-to-play business model. Everyone knows that subscriptions are a barrier to adoption, but what fewer people realise is that they are also …

MMO publishers are flocking to the free-to-play market to stop users logging off. Over the past few weeks, a number of MMORPGs have announced they will be dropping subscription fees, such as City of Heroes, Age of Conan and LEGO Universe.Valve’s Team Fortress 2 and the Japanese version of Epic’s …

The deadline for rough draft submissions to the MoMinis Studio GameCast contest is July 10th. The company is accepting submissions in video format that should demonstrate the concept and gameplay of your mobile game and anything else you wish to explain, including what you plan to add to the game …

A new type of Final Fantasy game has been unveiled for the Nintendo 3DS. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy is a ‘theatre rhythm action’ title that allows players to use the stylus to tap the screen in time with musical prompts. It still has the traditional Final Fantasy towns and dungeons, reports …