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Facebook Games' Growth Slows

With major games like Civilization World, the Dragon Age spin-offs, and most notoriously Farmville, Facebook has long lingered in the shadows waiting to become the next important gaming platform. But Sean Ryan, the director for games partnership at Facebook, now

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Facebook Games' Growth Slows

With major games like Civilization World, the Dragon Age spin-offs, and most notoriously Farmville, Facebook has long lingered in the shadows waiting to become the next important gaming platform. But Sean Ryan, the director for games partnership at Facebook, now

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Valve announce Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

As part of Valve’s new modus operandi of not releasing anymore Half-Life games ever, the studio that recently brought you Portal 2 has announced a sequel to arguably its most successful popular intellectual property, Counter-Strike. The Half-Life mod that became

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Valve announce Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

As part of Valve’s new modus operandi of not releasing anymore Half-Life games ever, the studio that recently brought you Portal 2 has announced a sequel to arguably its most successful popular intellectual property, Counter-Strike. The Half-Life mod that became

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MineCon Tickets on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for MineCon, and it is sure to be a celebration to remember. Fans of the wildly popular sandbox game Minecraft will be gathering November 18th and 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate the game’s

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MineCon Tickets on Sale

Tickets are now on sale for MineCon, and it is sure to be a celebration to remember. Fans of the wildly popular sandbox game Minecraft will be gathering November 18th and 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada to celebrate the game’s

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Trion Worlds' Upcoming MMORTS "End of Nations" will be Free-to-Play

Continuing today’s free-to-play news, publisher Trion Worlds has announced that its upcoming MMORTS game End of Nations will adopt a free-to-play revenue model. End of Nations is being developed by Petroglyph Games, a group of developers behind the original Command

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Trion Worlds' Upcoming MMORTS "End of Nations" will be Free-to-Play

Continuing today’s free-to-play news, publisher Trion Worlds has announced that its upcoming MMORTS game End of Nations will adopt a free-to-play revenue model. End of Nations is being developed by Petroglyph Games, a group of developers behind the original Command

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Age of Conan: Unchained Population and Revenues Increase After Free-to-Play Switch

Funcom’s flagship MMO, Age of Conan: Unchained, recently made the jump to free-to-play, and the results have been positive for the once struggling wold of Hyboria. The company is reporting a population increase that has revitalized the player base and

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Age of Conan: Unchained Population and Revenues Increase After Free-to-Play Switch

Funcom’s flagship MMO, Age of Conan: Unchained, recently made the jump to free-to-play, and the results have been positive for the once struggling wold of Hyboria. The company is reporting a population increase that has revitalized the player base and

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LA Noire developer Team Bondi is no more

Develop are reporting that Team Bondi, the studio responsible for LA Noire, is no more. According to their source, the Australian-based developer and its assets have been absorbed in to Kennedy Mitchell Miller, a Sydney-based multimedia production studio co-founded by

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LA Noire developer Team Bondi is no more

Develop are reporting that Team Bondi, the studio responsible for LA Noire, is no more. According to their source, the Australian-based developer and its assets have been absorbed in to Kennedy Mitchell Miller, a Sydney-based multimedia production studio co-founded by

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All nine Australian Attorneys-General now ready for an R18+ rating

A couple of weeks ago Australia finally made formative steps to introducing a long-awaited R18+ rating for video games, with eight of the country’s nine Attorneys-General agreeing in principle to go forward with the motion. The only holdout was New

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All nine Australian Attorneys-General now ready for an R18+ rating

A couple of weeks ago Australia finally made formative steps to introducing a long-awaited R18+ rating for video games, with eight of the country’s nine Attorneys-General agreeing in principle to go forward with the motion. The only holdout was New

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How The Net Was Won

  As many of you already know, earlier today visiting Nightmare Mode wasn’t a wholly enjoyable experience. Anyone who came to Nightmare Mode had the pleasure of being harassed by pop ups, redirects and general spammyness. First of all, we

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How The Net Was Won

  As many of you already know, earlier today visiting Nightmare Mode wasn’t a wholly enjoyable experience. Anyone who came to Nightmare Mode had the pleasure of being harassed by pop ups, redirects and general spammyness. First of all, we

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Extra Credits leaves The Escapist

And not for any good reason by the sounds of things. According to Extra Credit’s twitter feed, the reasons surrounding their departure are pretty shocking, to say the least. The short of it is that The Escapist apparently hasn’t been

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Extra Credits leaves The Escapist

And not for any good reason by the sounds of things. According to Extra Credit’s twitter feed, the reasons surrounding their departure are pretty shocking, to say the least. The short of it is that The Escapist apparently hasn’t been

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EA2D Becomes Bioware San Francisco

To Gamasutra, EA confirmed Friday that their 2D studio, EA2D, has been renamed Bioware San Francisco. The studio has developed titles such as Dragon Age Journeys and Dragon Age Legends, flash games that were released in the pre-launch days of

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EA2D Becomes Bioware San Francisco

To Gamasutra, EA confirmed Friday that their 2D studio, EA2D, has been renamed Bioware San Francisco. The studio has developed titles such as Dragon Age Journeys and Dragon Age Legends, flash games that were released in the pre-launch days of

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