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The 800-capacity Toronto base now has 83 staff ahead of schedule

As any keen gamer will know, this last Q4 has proved very expensive for anyone looking to buy all of the big console releases – and one of the co-founders of BioWare thinks it’s a big problem. There’s too many games released today,” Ray Muzyka told sister site Develop. It’s …

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Our food tastes point to why the rise of convenience gaming is here to stay

The men behind Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay have lost their latest appeal against their prosecution for piracy. The court ruled that Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom facilitated illegal file-sharing in a way that results in criminal liability for those who run the service. It added: For …

100 deals 'in the air' says Perry; new zero-day server being built; Activision relationship 'very good'

England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole is the latest celebrity to have his love for gaming outed, with tabloid The Sun claiming that the former husband of Cheryl Cole spends up to five hours a night playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. Ashley has really put in the hours since …

It’s not surprising that PC gamers turned to different methods of distribution, and that Steam has filled that need perfectly. Not just providing a well stocked distribution platform, but a whole social network for enthusiast gamers who were not getting supported elsewhere as their hobby went mainstream. What is more …