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You work on a game for one, two years; ship time comes and it's out of your hands. But the online model - releasing early and evolving based on feedback - could have a place in our industry, say GarageGames CEO Josh Williams and GG Networks general manager Andy Yang...

Event will be 'as educational, thought provoking and possibly controversial as ever' say organisers

Although company targets overall growth this year and will experiment with new business models as part of 'realigning'

Applied Ideas course covers art-to-engine pipeline

THQ has reported full year losses of $35.3 million for the 12 months to March 31st, with sales up slightly to $1.03 billion. That compares to the $68 million profit reported in its previous fiscal year, and $1.026 billion in sales. For its fourth quarter, the company also saw sales …

Kaz Hirai told a throng of media at today’s PlayStation Day ’08 that the PS3’s launch was ‘difficult’ – but 2008 will be the year that PS3 kicks into top gear. "I think its fair to say that the first year of PS3 was a difficult one," the SCE president …

Hirai on PS3’s strengths: "As we all know PS3 is a platform for digital interactive home entertainment – and we know that the nature of PS3 is multi faceted. Last year, we positioned the PS3 first and foremost as a system for games, games and more games so it was …

Electronic Arts has unveiled a new sub-brand for its EA Sports label – a casual-oriented line of games under the EA Sports Freestyle umbrella, our sister site CasualGaming.biz reports . In an official announcement, EA said that EA Sports Freestyle is "aimed at a growing, more casual sports gaming audience" …

Rock Band is set to hit European Xbox 360s later this month , and EA’s UK office is readying a rocking marketing campaign in support. The game has shifted nearly two million units since it was released in North America last year, and has won numerous awards and critical acclaim. …

The biggest All Formats release ever, Grand Theft Auto IV , has hit the top spot in the UK software chart – outselling last week’s No.1 Wii Fit by nine-to-one. According to ELSPA/ChartTrack statistics, the Rockstar title almost broke the one million unit barrier in the week (Sunday, April 28th …