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Event to look at the support available for game makers

SPIL Games CCO Sidney Mock has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that the high number of free casual games available to gamers online does not jeopardise the paid-for model. The most important thing is that you have to make it very clear to the user that they get added value …

Heâ??s one of the most famous game designers in the world, but that doesnâ??t mean heâ??s always right. Peter Molyneux talks to Develop about the mistakes and lessons learnt that have put Lionhead back at the top of its gameâ?¦

With the likes of Disney, Warner and Paramount making increasingly bold strides into the games space, many had pegged Marvel as the next entertainment giant to follow suit – but the famed comic publisher has now distanced itself from the talk. There are different types of games we could do, …

A remake of Tecmo and Team Ninja’s previously Xbox 360 only Ninja Gaiden II is to be released as a download on Sony’s PSN. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will once again by developed by Team Ninja, Kotaku reports, though of course it will not be developed by now departed former …

ALL FORMATS TOP 50: February 1. Wii Fit (Wii) – Nintendo2. COD: World at War (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PC, DS) – Activision Blizzard3. FIFA 09 (360, PS3, PSP, Wii, PS2, DS, PC) – EA4. Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360) – Capcom5. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) – …

Alex Evans, the co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, believes that any gamers interested in buying a PS3 have already done so – and that if Sony wishes to grow the console’s user base it has to transfer the casual success it saw on PS2. To read the full story, …

Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich has stated that the firm believes that online sales of GTA IV expansion The Lost and the Damned have bettered retail sales by a ratio of six-to-one. Though Rockstar has not yet released firm sales figures for The Lost and The Damned, …

Global illumination, distributed computing and Atlas MMO system on display

Platform holder Nintendo has dated its key releases for the upcoming Q2 at retail, which include the launch of both the black and white variants of its DSi on April 3rd. Alongside the key software titles, Nintendo Points, the virtual currency used to purchase software from the Virtual Console and …