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June 2008

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24th June, 2008

Warcraft intended to be ad-supported

Published at 11:29PM

Blizzard's Rob Pardo said that the MMO was originally intended to be an ad-supported free-to-play game

ESA departure motivated by sale of company, says Crave president

Published at 09:35PM

Latest company to leave ESA says action is not a statement against value of membership

Delman named VP of global marketing for Microsoft IEB

Published at 06:20PM

Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business exec responsible for global marketing of Xbox and Games for Windows

Ubisoft opens South American studio

Published at 05:14PM

With opening of new Sao Paulo studio, company now has development studios on five continents

GAME "very disappointed" by underage sales blunder

Published at 04:58PM

Which? sting catches retailer selling mature game to minor

PopCap promotes Gwertzman

Published at 03:54PM

PopCap has promoted James Gwertzman to VP of Asia/Pacific, relocating him to its new Shanghai office

EA Sports planning peripherals

Published at 03:34PM

EA Sports executive producer David McCarthy has revealed that the company is planning its own peripherals

Sony: We need to revitalise PSP development community

Published at 02:58PM

"What's important is we continue to tell publishers and developers there's an opportunity to make money on PSP"

MGS4 sells 1 million in Europe

Published at 11:04AM

All 25,000 limited edition SKUs snapped up in first week, says Konami

Battlefield Heroes is for the "frustrated, restricted" player - Cousins

Published at 10:43AM

Free-to-play title aimed at the intimidated, time-conscious and price-wary consumer

DICE confirms five Battlefield titles in development

Published at 10:02AM

Franchise expands to Korea with Neowiz collaboration

Trading Standards highlights online age restrictions failure

Published at 10:01AM

A study by the Trading Standards institute reveals that 9 out of 10 retailers will illegally sell age-restricted games online

In-Fusio secures investment for expansion

Published at 07:47AM

Mobile games publisher nets funding from Occam Capital to expand the company's worldwide offices

Crave Entertainment latest to abandon ESA

Published at 07:21AM

Report suggests publisher is fifth high-profile departure of US trade association

European games industry has been decimated - Jobling

Published at 07:00AM

Eutechnyx boss worried that what happened to Europe's publishers may happen to its developers

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