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Auto-patching app can collect user data for developers

Mysterious audio tech gets first public showing at Leipzig

DEVELOP 08: Solution to pre-owned dilemma may require retailer cooperation, says Frontier honcho

Caligari's 3D app now available at no cost

Blossoming games publisher 505 Games has announced that it is to bring Arc System Works’ 2D fighter Battle Fantasia to Xbox 360 and PS3 in the first quarter of 2009. Developed by the same team that handled cult fighting series Guilty Gear, Battle Fantasia is heavily influenced by Japanese fantasy …

Web giant preparing 'AdSense for games' to 'shake up' industry?

News that the Australian games regulators had banned Bethesda’s next-gen RPG Fallout 3 from release were not received well by gamers Down Under – so the news that the game now seems set for release will no doubt be celebrated. Gamerchip reports that both GAME and Electronics Boutique have both …

Over 100 licences of 3D software given to student entrants

Media Molecule’s massively hyped LittleBigPlanet has been given a firm release date of October 30th – in Japan, at least. The news comes from Sony’s official Japanese PS3 site. Unfortunately, there’s no word yet on either a European or US release date. Some sources are claiming that an October release …

Series A funding round for Ngcomo, developer of games for new Apple phone