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Firm offers no real-term refunds, refuses to answer questions

On face value, it’s easy to see the 130 asking price for Kinect as Microsoft echoing back to the original Xbox and its high 299 RRP. 129.99 looks like a price for niche, not novelty. At least, that’s what a wave of cynical Twitterers (myself included) spluttered when launch details …

Fiasco as fans are taunted with advert for completely unrelated game

Insiders claim the search engine giant is building 'a YouTube for gaming'

The news that Microsoft has priced the Kinect motion camera right at the top end of the expected price range has been met with anger from followers of the device on Facebook. A selection of comments include: • Simon Kitcher: Total rip off!!!• Karl Crowther: This product will bomb at …

The total value of the social network games market will reach $1.5bn by 2014, according to a new report from Screen Digest. In 2009 that total stood at around $639m with 500m active monthly users, suggesting that the sector is set to grow by over 100 per cent in the …

The company behind the world’s biggest Facebook games will be the cornerstone of Google Games when it launches later this year, claims TechCrunch. The technology website claims Google has invested between $100 million and $200 million in Zynga to help launch its social games service – which the search giant …

Most publishers are still pondering exactly how they intend to tap into the Facebook market – well they had better get a move on, because if founder Mark Zuckerberg is to believed the market reach of the social network is on track to achieve some startling results. The Guardian reports …

FrontierVille rakes in the gold for the giant of Facebook gaming

Challenge Games and its thirty-five staff snapped up