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User-created movie sharing debuted in Mainichi Issho

MCV sister publication PC Retail reports that Currys.digital parent company DSGi has revealed plans to transform the very DNA of the business over the next three years” – take a look at the full report here.

Microsoft’s Xbox Originals service, which allows 360 owners to download original Xbox titles over its Live network, is to receive two new titles next Monday – Stubbs the Zombie and Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. Both games will cost 1200 Microsoft Points – or just over 10. Stubbs is regarded by many …

After a successful second outing last year, the London Games Festival is to return for a third stint later this year, it has been confirmed. Starting on October 25th, the ‘cultural celebration of everything gaming’ will target a wide demographic, ranging from hardcore gamers to the growing casual audience. Last …

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The MMO specialist has released its financial results for the quarter ended March 31st, in which both profits and sales were up. On a consolidated basis, sales came to $84.3 million, (88.1 billion Korean Won) operating income of US $18.9 million (KRW 19.7 billion), and net profit of US $7.7 …

Nintendo has been found guilty of infringing on a patent while designing controllers for GameCube and Wii. The hardware developer has been told to pay Texas-based gaming company Anascape $21 million, the Associated Press reports. The jury found that Nintendo infringed on Anascape’s patent during the design process for the …

The co-ordinators of Games Convention 2008 have revealed attendance is set to beat the levels set in 2007. The event, which the organisers have called Europe’s benchmark fair for the games industry” is set to take place in Leipzig on August 21st to 24th this summer. A game music concert …

The success of games such as GTA IV has coincided with a drop in violent crime, says a report in International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry. Patrick Kierkegaard of the University of Essex claims that violent games can actually reduce aggression, and that evidence linking games to violence is …

You'd be forgiven for not knowing Paradox, a Swedish studio dedicated to catering for hardcore historical strategy gamers. Releasing your game engine for free, and giving a distribution and royalty-sharing deal to anyone, however, is bound to get you noticed - and noticed they were, says CEO Thedore Bergquist...