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GDC Europe 09: Internet Gaming Gate on the hunt for its new free-to-play MMO

Company files patent for an application that detects player sounds and expressions

Realtime Worlds has confirmed there will be no subscription fees for APB. An FAQ on the game’s official website states: The actual price for the game itself is still under discussion. We can confirm that APB will not require a monthly subscription.” VG247 reports that the studio’s founder Dave Jones …

Hive Entertainment has signed a deal with Together Plus to distribute its range of Nintendo toys and stationary into the UK market. Products in Together Plus’ range includes a Mario Bros. chess set, Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy branded stationary as well as mugs, figures and key rings. We are …

A look at four options for rendering your game worlds

It’s as you were at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as Codemasters’ Ashes Cricket 2009 and Nintendo pair Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit remain in first, second and third positions for the second week running. The only new entry in the Top …

Eidos life president asserts that the IP remains â??IO Interactiveâ??s babyâ??

We shed light on the leading tools for illuminating worlds

Former president of LucasArts Jim Ward is running for US congress to represent Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. As reported by Kotaku, Ward is running as a republican and is looking to unseat two-term Democrat Harry Mitchell. Ward last hit the headlines in February last year, when he quit LucasArts for …

Up-and-coming publisher Nordic Games will be unveiling new Wii title We Sing at Gamescom. The game is the first in the singing genre to feature four microphones simultaneously, and will be shown to trade and press for the first time at the Cologne games event. We Sing will be Nordic …