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Fully-rigged characters can be created online within minutes, group says

New legislation proposed by Californian Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger that would see the sale of violent games to US minors outlaw has received the official backing of 11 US states. Gamasutra reports that a brief has been filed by the attorney generals of Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, …

Studio boss says itâ??s â??almost impossibleâ? to score mid-90s with iterative sports games

PlayStation Home looks set to get a huge boost – thanks to a deal that will see a number of indie games hits republished in the virtual world. Working with Codename, an independent publisher formed by the team that curates the IndieCade events run at E3 and GameCity in Nottingham, …

EA his lifted the lid on the fifth iteration of its popular boxing series with the announcement of Fight Night Champion, which is due to hit Xbox 360 and PS3 some time in 2011. Details remain thin on the ground, but the publisher seems to be making most noise about …

Keynote discussion from the Deus Ex creator

Despite suggestions to the contrary, it looks as if Activision has absolutely no plans to introduce additional fees for the online multiplayer component of Call of Duty. Speaking on his blog FourZeroTwo, Infinity Ward’s creative strategist Robert Bowling issued the following blanket statement: To be clear: There is not, and …

Famed dev outfit to focus efforts on new single-player experience

Flash-based developer Arkadium says tool flexibility was key to deal

Dare to be Digital 2010 team Various Artists talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry Legendary Crusaders.