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Read More »Aion going free-to-play in Europe next week
NCsoft has revealed its MMO Aion: The Tower of Eternity will be flipping the switch to go free-to-play across Europe next Tuesday, February 28th. The changeswill take place in English, German and French at the same time on Tuesday; this on the heels of what’s being called a successful beta …
Read More »Next Blizzard game "will be free-to-play"
Blizzard Entertainment is the next major games studio to embrace free-to-play and will apply the model in an upcoming, as yet unannounced game, Develop understands. Following some eight years of success with its trailblazing MMO World of Warcraft, it is said that the California studio will expand business opportunities and …
Read More »Facebook creates dedicated European games team
Europe 'most interesting region' in terms of innovation, claims new division head
Read More »Gabe Newel on digital ownership and DRM
'If you're not making your customers happy you're doing something stupid' says Valve founder
Read More »Alan Wake PC recoups expenses in 48 hours
Remedy title reaches number one sales spot on Steam
Read More »Valve: We could create our own game hardware
Half-Life developer ponders 'hardware as a service'
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Using social media
Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Harnessing Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook
Read More »Zynga beats estimates in quarterly earnings report
Social games company earnings at five cents a share, but GAAP earnings down
Read More »Vostu layoffs follow Zynga settlement
Brazilian social games company terminates an unspecified number of employees
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