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The whole industry knows that when it comes to MMOs that Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft is the one to rule them all – but some recently revealed stats about the title offer a true glimpse into its scale. Kotaku reports that the game’s lead designer Jeffrey Kaplan stated at …

It has emerged that PlayStation platform holder Sony has trademarked the name ‘PS Cloud’ – and it did so just one day after OnLive lifted the lid on its streaming games technology at GDC last week. OnLive is a new games system based around the concept of cloud computing – …

Character creation tool used to streamline Six Flags' development process

Eurocom and Keen Games developing titles based on Jerry Bruckheimer film

Newly revealed MMO developer Gazillion has claimed that it is working on six or seven” titles at the moment, and that its intention is to take the currently hardcore-centric MMO genre to the mainstream. Marvel announced earlier this month that it has signed a ten-year deal with comic giant Marvel …

Whilst the three men behind BitTorrent portal Pirate Bay are still awaiting the final decision in their Swedish court case, the site itself continues to expand with the launch of a new Facebook-specific widget. TechRadar reports that users are now able to click on a new button that offers a …

Martin Hollis and Zoonami release WiiWare game

London independent adopts Swedish vendor's QA toolset

Disney has revealed that it will unsurprisingly be publishing a game based on its upcoming 3D Jerry Bruckheimer film G-Force on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2, PC and iPhone/iPod Touch this July. The G-Force video game gives players the opportunity to take on new enemies, weapons and missions …

Former Autodesk execs iPhone venture picks up pace