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Giant independent television production company Endemol has finalised a deal that will see its hugely popular quiz show The Money Drop sold to media outlets globally with a special game as part of the package. The online game that is key to the deal, crafted by digital gaming specialist Visiware, …

Publisher and developer Rockstar has confirmed a November 26th European release for Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. The SKU will include all of the DLC released for the Wild West title, including today’s release, the Undead Nightmare Pack, which for the first time introduces zombies to the series. It will …

The three men in charge of Square Enix have told MCV that the company’s new global agenda is not merely leveraging Eastern properties in Europe and the US – it’s about returning fire with Western games that can break into the Japanese market. I think today, [releasing Square Enix Europe’s …

London-based institution becomes latest trade body member

As X Factor contestants capably demonstrate on a weekly basis, there is no difference of ambition between the gifted and the bewildered. Brilliant icons-in-waiting share the same self-belief as tone-deaf fantasists. The game business is of little difference to Simon Cowell’s talent-contest-meets-Victorian-freak-show. The audience has the ultimate decision on whether …

OnNetâ??s Berlin office to serve as a centre of operations on the continent

Developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Atari have announced that PC MMO title Champions Online is to become a free-to-play title from Q1 2011. The game currently requires users to pay for a monthly subscription. Once the change is made gamers will be able to download the title and get going …

Retailer GAME has revealed concrete details of its official Fable III launch event to be held at its flagship Oxford Street store in London this Thursday (October 28th). The first person in the queue will receive a hand-painted Fable III Xbox 360 console as well as a Limited Collector’s Edition …

Atari MMO becomes the latest title to ditch subscription charges

While Microsoft has remained tight-lipped about when Windows 8 will be unveiled, the software giant’s Netherlands team appears to have let the cat out of the bag by posting a blog that suggests a late 2012 release date. According to a translated version of the Dutch language blog, which has …