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What makes a game 'British'? UK Gov wants to know

What makes a game 'British'? UK Gov wants to know

Department of Culture, Media and Sport opens direct line for games professionals to shape games tax breaks policy

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Mind Candy hires former MTV Networks CEO

Mind Candy hires former MTV Networks CEO

Former US Army commander Bill Roedy to help Moshi Monsters studio expand business and brands

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Report: Nexon and NCSoft in $900m Valve buyout talks

Report: Nexon and NCSoft in $900m Valve buyout talks

Discussions held in Hawaii yesterday over potential acquisition

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Zynga acquires multiplayer-focused dev A Bit Lucky

Zynga acquires multiplayer-focused dev A Bit Lucky

Social games giant takes on PC with with multi-platform title Solstice Arena

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Zynga files countersuit against EA

Zynga files countersuit against EA

Social games giant claims unfair competition over alleged no-hire agreement

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Code Club brings programming to the classroom

Code Club brings programming to the classroom

Coding teaches kids 'some really valuable lessons'

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Cloud gaming comes to Windows 8

Cloud gaming comes to Windows 8

Agawi service to stream social and triple-A titles through OS

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Scottish Govt: Our games industry is worth £1bn

Scottish Govt: Our games industry is worth £1bn

Nation's authorities respond to controversial Creative Scotland report

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Develop September: The London Special

Develop September: The London Special

The new issue of Develop looks at the studios making London tick, and the industry giants moving in on the UK capital

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UN to use Minecraft for urban development

UN to use Minecraft for urban development

Mojang's 'Block by Block' program empowers urban development

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Epic opening new Seattle studio

Epic opening new Seattle studio

Office to focus on development for Unreal Engine

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Creative Scotland report 'ridiculously inaccurate'

Creative Scotland report 'ridiculously inaccurate'

Document with power to influence government policy lists nation's games sector as having a gross value of £0

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Rocketbox debuts new prefab asset library

Rocketbox debuts new prefab asset library

Art outsourcing production house launches two new art and animation asset collections

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HeroEngine outfit inks PlaySpan deal

HeroEngine outfit inks PlaySpan deal

Idea Fabrik integrates UltimatePay monetisation platform into online development solution HeroCloud

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Scientist and developer team wins Wellcome Trust dev contest

Scientist and developer team wins Wellcome Trust dev contest

Giant scientific charity's Gamify Your PhD project plucks project to fund for new initiative

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Ubisoft scraps always-on PC DRM

Ubisoft scraps always-on PC DRM

Developer-publisher officially ends unpopular anti-piracy measure

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Silverball: Crowdfunding involves the consumer

Silverball: Crowdfunding involves the consumer

Kickstarter can aid the development process, says Pro Pinball Studio

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Hide&Seek's conference tackling public play

Hide&Seek's conference tackling public play

Follow-up to studio's 'Weekender' event to deliver a series of talks on gaming in public spaces

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First Windows 8 Xbox 360 games confirmed

First Windows 8 Xbox 360 games confirmed

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride and others lead third-party charge

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F2P Summit: Early bird deadline nears

F2P Summit: Early bird deadline nears

One week to go to get yourself a discounted ticket to one-day conference. Save £100

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Vancouver studio closures spark indie wildfire

Vancouver studio closures spark indie wildfire

Indie rebirth a boon for Canadian development, says Silicon Sisters CEO

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OnLive replaces Perlman as CEO

OnLive replaces Perlman as CEO

COO to step in following layoffs and sale of cloud gaming company

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Xbox opens up to free-to-play

Xbox opens up to free-to-play

Happy Wars to be first microtransaction game on platform

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NASA forces 22 Cans Curiosity name change

NASA forces 22 Cans Curiosity name change

Peter Molyneux's experiment hits a snag due to name of Mars landing craft

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Apple becomes most valuable company in history

Apple becomes most valuable company in history

World's richest firm beats Microsoft's record with $623 billion valuation

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