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Just hours after publisher Bethesda released its second piece of Xbox 360 exclusive DLC for Fallout 3, the firm has been forced to remove the content after a number of users reported game-crippling bugs. The DLC, entitled The Pitt, was released earlier today but was available on Xbox Live for …

GDC 09: New 360 development kits part of effort to 'reduce the cost of art development'

GDC 09: XNA competition starts Monday, April 6th

GDC 09: New point release adds avatar and video support

GDC 09: New hardware doubles memory as platform holder promises to â??reduce risk of developmentâ??

GDC 09: Free download enables XBLA development in XNA for licensed developers

GDC 09: Steamworks update makes 'unique copies of games' and allows limitless installs

Sony has lowered the price of PlayStation 3 development kits and introduced new tools at GDC this week New dev kit models are available for developers of PS3 titles around the world – Reference Tool models DECR-1400A for North America costs $2,000 and the Europe/PAL territories version is €1,700. DECR-1400J …

Perhaps its a case of ‘if you can’t beat ’em join ’em’ – Nokia has taken a leaf out of Nintendo’s book for a new strategy of motion controlled games on N-Gage. The first game to take advantage of the new functions is an upgraded version 3D game Bounce Boing …

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 …