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New game emerges as the group tells Develop that The Conduit could grow into a Wii franchise

Amazon UK has vowed to stock the most video games of any UK retailer in a bid to grow industry market share, MCV can reveal. In his first interview since joining the online giant, Amazon games director Chris Poad has said that the sheer quantity of products on offer has …

Social networking site Facebook has allowed advertising for a new piracy-enabling R4-style card on its pages. Ads for the DSTT card appear on profiles of subscribers to the site who have shown an interest in gaming. Like the R4, the DSTT allows consumers to download pirated DS games via a …

Scandanavia's premier industry event prepares to open doors

So when someone says a big summer/Q4 blockbuster is delayed for ‘extra polish’ they mean ‘the game wasn’t ready for release next month, and we’ve wised up to that just in the nick time’. Certainly, the games industry is no stranger to spin. Or in other words, untruths. You might …

SOE’s promising browser-based MMO Free Realms has already seen one million members register on the virtual world service – despite having only gone live 18 days ago. As a reward to all existing users of the game, SOE is dishing out in-game t-shirts. The one millionth member is also in …

David Brabenâ??s studio joining ELSPA to address issues of piracy, game ratings and the pre-owned business

French developer Arkane Studios has announced that its upcoming FPS The Crossing has been put on hold. According to Arkane CEO Raphael Colantonio, production of the game has suspended due to funding issues. In fact, Colantonio told Joystiq that the developer ran into unexpected financial challenges” a number of months …

Capcom Japan cautious on E3 attendance as Inafune cancels Nordic Game appearance amid Swine Flu fears