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Cage: America has a problem with my games

September 28, 2011
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David Cage, the French creative director who shaped Heavy Rain, has criticised US publishers and marketers for not having faith in his games. In a wide-ranging interview with Develop, Cage said American marketing departments “have this image of their market being gun-loving red-necks. It’s completely wrong”. Read the full article here: Source: Rob Crossley Via [...]

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Personal data stolen from Eidos, Deus Ex websites

May 13, 2011
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The websites for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and publisher Eidos have been hacked, with user information and unidentified source code stolen. Although currently both websites appear unaffected, website KrebsOnSecurity claims that 9,000 résumé were stolen and the personal information of approximately 80,000 registered users of the website. Logs taken from the alleged hackers’ chatroom show [...]

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Tax breaks for games?

February 20, 2011
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George Osborne is considering the introduction of tax breaks for the computer games industry as an eye-catching measure to put in his budget for growth in March 23. It would mark an about-turn for the chancellor who scrapped planned tax relief for the sector soon after the coalition government came to power last summer. At [...]

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