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A new report from US trade body the Entertainment Software Association has pointed the finger at five nations which it says account for over half of the world’s illegal internet game file-sharing. Citing a report filed by the International Intellectual Property Alliance, 54 per cent of illegal games content – …

Video games retailer GAME will today lift the lid on a significant change to business strategy that will position the Group for life in an increasingly digital world. Later this morning group chief executive Ian Shepherd will reveal the company’s 15m secret. "Today is an important day for GAME as …

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, EA CEO John Riccitiello has admitted that the publisher has made mistakes in the last few years, but believes that it is now in a stronger position than it has been for some time. If you go back …

Develop speaks to event director Meggan Scavio ahead of the historic 25th Game Developers Conference

Michael Mahemoff, Chrome developer advocate, speaks on emerging web technologies

The next phase of web development will be based on HTML5 - Develop investigates what this means for game developers

Games Investor Consulting's Nick Gibson on Facebook's lost audience

A man was arrested in Spain for allegedly stealing details from thousands of Wii owners. The unnamed individual managed to access data on 4,000 gamers and apparently threatened to blackmail Nintendo by way of contacting the Spanish data protection agency, according to the BBC. Police said he began leaking some …

Warner Interactive to publish Once Upon a Monster this autumn

Apple introduces new billing service