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The UK Government has detailed its plans to combat piracy as a part of its Digital Economy Bill. The proposed bill was revealed during The Queen’s speech, and involves a two-stage process. Firstly, the Government will attempt to educate users on file-sharing, and those that are identified as illegal file-sharers …

The Hut has denied claims that it is breaking the street date for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II. Accusations arose from an eBay ad that states the online retailer is dispatching the game today. The ad also claims if consumers order by 2pm today, it will be delivered tomorrow. However, a …

Socially networked games studio bolstered in spite of recent controversy

Creative director Mike Neumann tells axed staff: â??we'd love to have youâ??

Giant tech company building out middleware solutions with emphasis on unified workflow

Industry body wants British game start-ups to get funds for original IP creation

But the development group is â??pursuing business opportunitiesâ?? to re-employ those laid off

Around 60 per cent of UK Xbox 360 owners have lost their console to technical problems, such as the infamous Red Ring Of Death. That’s according to a CNET UK online user-initiated survey of 1,128 UK-based console owners. 562 of participants owned a Xbox 360, 473 had a PS3 and …

Ubisoft has announced the beta version of its Uplay service will launch alongside the debut of Assassin’s Creed II later this week. The service was announced at E3 and provides the publisher’s customers with a variety of online incentives that span across various Ubisoft titles. Only Uplay Win will be …

What would you say is the single biggest issue surrounding digital distribution that the games industry has to address? Digital distribution has a number of hills to climb, ranging from technical to behavioural and legal. All are significant so I’m not sure whether one is bigger than another. Forecasting the …