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Another Japanese firm is looking to Europe in a bid to grow its sales. Zen United, a new consortium representing developers from Asia have signed a co-publishing deal with UK logistics firm PQube to bring a number of Japanese games to the European market. The initial line-up covers anime-styled titles, …

GDC Europe 09: Hardware-less delivery system will stop games becoming abandonware, says Silicon Knights boss

And apparently doing it by waving a "bucket of money"

One of the highest-profile names in the free-to-play browser-based games market, Quake Live, is to turn its back on the in-game advertising model after its lead developer admitted that its returns to date have been limited. As a result, developer id has now admitted that it intends to turn to …

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 …