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Zynga has taken legal action on Vostu for allegedly copying the design and content of a number of its games. The former claims its mega successful Facebook game CityVille has been replicated unashamedly by Brazilian firm Vostu in the form of MegaCity, reports TechCrunch. Let’s be clear – it is …

Sega team pleased with simplicity in developing for new Nintendo system

John Riccitiello believes Activision is "leading with its chin" when it comes to launching Elite. Speaking to Industry Gamers, the EA CEO believes that Elite would have been better off” launching after Modern Warfare 3 had been released, and that Activision pushing the service is a response to the quality …

US consumers are now able to rent games for $2 per day from Redbox kiosks across 21,000 locations. The service – previously detailed last October – has officially gone live today. Customers were previously only able to rent DVDs and Blu-rays from the self-service machines for $1 and $1.50 respectively. …

Gears of War 3 will not have a problem selling 6m units – so says the game’s developer. Epic Games’ design director Cliff Bleszinski is aiming high with a target of 10m copies, but believes the game will at least match the average sales of previous Gears instalments. They have …

OnLive hopes to be selling its game system in UK stores when the service is launched this autumn – and insists the High Street shouldn’t see cloud gaming as evil incarnate”. The OnLive game system consists of a micro console TV adaptor and a wireless controller. It enables users to …

Six developers from the defunct studio head up its spiritual successor - and Sega if fully behind the group

Solihull-based developer returns with a new name, a new focus, and Segaâ??s full support

This year’s big LA show had the highest quality line-up ever seen at our annual trade event, says Michael French, but the best games were also me-too games, and the biggest announcements only addressed bigger broken promises Straight from the Games Journalist Book of Clichs Vol 2, I must begin …

Publisher says it's working hard to find new jobs for laid off developers