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Whilst the publishing world may be vocal in its increasing interest in free-to-play online game models, a new report by Screen Digest shows that the subscription based MMO market grew by 22 per cent in 2008. Consumer spending in the sector reached $1.4bn across Europe and North America, with the …

GDC 09 Dundee developer looking to hire from international talent pool

GDC 09: Bounce Boing Voyage to be first motion controlled title

GDC 09: New service brings 'cloud' computing to the games space

GDC 09: Developer debuts alternate reality game Xi

GDC 09: PC Gaming Alliance releases positive industry report

GDC 09:Latest features for PC games include copy protection, in-game marketplace and roaming

GDC 09: Icelandic developer looking to hire in the wake of a duo of award wins

Whilst the fragmentation of the PC market across traditional retail and online has made the entire segment hard to track, and even created the (debatable) belief that the sector is suffering severe decline, a new report from the PCGA claims that the PC remains the world’s number one games machine. …

With Zeebo proposing that the future of gaming will bring about the end of disc-based media, an arguably even more exciting prospect dubbed OnLive threatens to end the gaming hardware race altogether. The new on-demand service claims to do for gaming what the ‘cloud’ concept has done to computing – …