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Online RPG The Lord of the Rings Online will receive a major update this Q3 allowing gamers to play the title entirely for free. The MMO currently adopts a subscription-based payment model which costs players 8.99 per month. New gamers also have access to a ten-day free trial. From this …

Action epic Enslaved is crucial to the realisation of Namco Bandai’s Western dream, the firm has told MCV. The company announced last year that it wants to become one of the top five games publisher worldwide. But its Japanese-heavy line-up has become a barrier in trying to reach US and …

Action epic Enslaved is crucial to the realisation of Namco Bandai’s Western dream, the firm has told MCV. The company announced last year that it wants to become one of the top five games publisher worldwide. But its Japanese-heavy line-up has become a barrier in trying to reach US and …

Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …

Radical new gaming operation OnLive should launch in the UK by the end of next year, following a US launch this month. The system processes games content on external servers, and streams an image feed directly through to a TV or computer, negating the need for a console or high …

Challenge Games and its thirty-five staff snapped up

Challenge Games and its thirty-five staff snapped up

Once the cornerstone of many gamers’ habit, the advent of Achievements and Trophies has not been kind to the cheats sector – but now specialist Xploder is trying a new sales model that it hopes will reignite the market. The firm is currently offering a one-off gamesave download for Activision’s …

Once the cornerstone of many gamers’ habit, the advent of Achievements and Trophies has not been kind to the cheats sector – but now specialist Xploder is trying a new sales model that it hopes will reignite the market. The firm is currently offering a one-off gamesave download for Activision’s …

Open source learning firm to give advice on starting out in game development