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EA has had to endure a weekend of complaints following several reports that PC gamers trying to play recent release Command & Conquer 4 have been plagued with problems relating to the game’s DRM. Only last week the publisher confirmed that it was to adopt new piracy protection measures that …

Though price hikes more likely to have spurred the game's ban

As multiple anonymous sources indicate that dev budgets are down, one suggests why

Noticeable fall in development budgets due to wounded publishers and cheaper options

Studio bosses from the likes of Rare and Avalanche explain why

Rareâ??s Mark Betteridge calls for more careful planning before a project moves forward

Asian research boss says that resources are already being put into the development of motion tech successor

French firm Stonetrip claims easy porting of iPhone apps and games

Specialist gaming mag Total PC Gaming has been closed down by Imagine Publishing, it has been confirmed. Subscribers received a letter from the publisher saying issue 31 was the final magazine. They were offered alternate subscriptions and refunds. Imagine’s range of gaming publications include Games TM, X360, Retro Gamer and …

Microsoft’s Natal is still a good seven or eight months away from launch, but a research director for the platform holder has already confirmed that work has begun on the successor to the technology. When we invent something first like Natal, while we have a researcher working with the product …