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Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve. The Washington-based company rocked the games industry last week by re-releasing Team Fortress 2 as a free-to-play game. That triple-A game, at the time of writing, …

Mark Rein explains what Direct X brings to the table for Unreal Engine developers

Gamers will soon be able to shake their hump with Fergie, will.i.am and co with the latest addition to Ubisoft’s dance portfolio. The Black Eyed Peas Experience follows on from last year’s best-selling Michael Jackson: The Experience and features similar gameplay to the firm’s chart-topping Just Dance franchise. The game …

Six-year legal wrangle ends with first amendment protection

To help developers prepare their rough draft video submission entries for the GameCast Contest, MoMinis has put together an example of what they should look like. It demonstrates the concept, gameplay, input methods, objects, among other interesting features of a game that make it unique. Remember, the rough draft version …

The American video games industry has today emerged victorious in its six-year battle with Californian authorities. The US Supreme Court today ruled in favour of gaming in the case entitled Brown, Governor of California et al vs Entertainment Merchants Association et al. This means gaming is now safe from the …

More help for developers entering its GameCast Contest ahead of July 10th rough draft submission deadline

Valve's relaunched game ends Counter-Strike's impressive Steam reign

After the jostling for podium positions at E3, OnLive has declared itself the fourth platform” – and predicted that it will soon be No.1 for core gaming. The cloud-based service, which launches in the UK this autumn, has been live in the US for almost a year. CEO Steve Perlman …

Yes, but does it work? OnLive CEO Steve Perlman hopes, and maybe even believes, that he’s heard that question for the last time. Actually, that’s not true, he may one day ask it himself, about rival – but yet to be launched – cloud gaming service, Gakai, possibly yelled mischievously …