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Happy New Year everyone – here’s wishing you a happy, healthy and successful 2013. 

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If you are a GamesAid member please don’t forget to register your vote for the selection of charities that will receive financial support from GamesAid in 2012. Voting closes at 23.59pm on Sunday 23rd
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NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and ArenaNet™, developer of the renowned Guild Warsfranchise, are delighted to announce the launch of Guild Wars 2. Even before today’s launch, more
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NCsoft, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and ArenaNet, developer of the renowned Guild Wars franchise, are ready to unleash Guild Wars 2 to millions of eagerly-awaiting fans
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Being a young, twenty-something, by-product of the early 90s, I wasn’t around during the first transmission of coloured television or the development of the humble telephone. In fact I have missed a lot of
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Boss Alien’s Jason Avent will present the second keynote at next month’s F2P Summit. Pascal Zuta and Nicholas Lovell have also been confirmed as speakers at the conference, which takes place on 26 September
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London-based PR and communications agency Bastion has been appointed by the British Toy & Hobby Association to run the campaign for Toy Fair. The appointment follows a four-way pitch. Bastion was the incumbent agency,
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Kwalee CEO David Darling kicks off his new monthly blog for Develop Online looking at the best practices in integrating art into development. Check out the blog here: http://www.develop-online.net/blog/352/The-Darling-Diaries-The-role-of-art-in-games

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Bastion is kick-starting its intern programme for the second half of 2012 – if you’re interested in hearing more, just drop us a line at hello@bastion.co.uk with some info about yourself. 

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King.com’s CMO Alex Dale will deliver the keynote presentation at this autumn’s F2P Summit, which returns to RichMix in London on 26 September. Kwalee CEO and founder David Darling and Playfuel’s Ian Baverstock are
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Google, Amazon and BBC all confirmed for Develop in Brighton, which kicks off next Tuesday. Read more at http://www.pressadmin.com/newadmin_release_info.asp?i=2219 

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NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and ArenaNet, developer of the renowned Guild Warsfranchise, today announce that Guild Wars 2, the most anticipated game of 2012, will launch in
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The Develop Conference has announced the ten games shortlisted to be on display within the Indie Showcase sponsored by Unity, which features a wide range of game categories and platforms including mobile. Running on
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Eugene Evans, VP and studio general manager of EA’s Bioware Mythic, will headline this year’s Develop in Brighton Conference, which takes place at the city’s Hilton Metropole on 10-12 July 2012. Read more at: http://bastion.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=2211
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NCsoft is excited to announce the release of the publisher’s latest title, Renaissance Blood THD, on the Google Play Store. Developed by Korean FPS masterminds BRIDEA and published by NCsoft, Renaissance Blood THD is
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NCsoft® and Paragon Studios® are pleased to announce the launch of City of Heroes Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie. In a storyline that began with the launch of Going Rogue, Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie
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… will headline the new Visionaries Track at the Develop in Brighton Conference this summer. Read more at: http://ow.ly/bbPvt 

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Stephen Root, Codemasters’ director of audio and one of the videogames industry’s leading audio talents, will deliver the audio keynote at this summer’s Develop in Brighton conference, which takes place on 10-12 July at
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The Business Travel Show is extending its hosted buyer programme from two to three days for 2013. Following significant investment from organiser Centaur Travel Group, the new programme will feature additional pre-show conference sessions
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Develop in Brighton introduces brand new Indie Dev Marketing conference and announces Indie Dev Day sessions. Read more at: http://bastion.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=2194 

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Valve’s Jason Holtman will present the Evolve opening keynote at the Develop in Brighton Conference this summer. Read more at: http://bastion.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=2193

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The underwater action-shooter Deep Black: Episode 1 is now available to download from Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system. Read more at: http://bastion.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=2187

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Mind Candy will present its first ever tech talk; Spilt Milk’s Andrew Smith will design a new game from scratch in one hour; Microsoft Soho Studios ask whether linear TV can ever be interactive
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NCsoft and ArenaNet, the developers of Guild Wars 2, are excited to announce the first public beta weekend event for Guild Wars 2. From 27-29 April, hundreds of thousands of fans who have pre-purchased Guild Wars 2 will get
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Our friends at Intent Media are hosting the MCV Award’s this Thursday and are asking everyone who’s attending to take a tenner to donate to GamesAid. The organisation aims to raise £4,000 by the end
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Online registration has now opened for the seventh Develop in Brighton annual game developers’ conference at www.developconference.com. The conference takes place in the British seaside city on 10-12 July 2012.  Read more at http://bastion.gamespress.com/release.asp?i=2184 

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NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today launches the Pre-Purchase programme for Guild Wars 2, the most anticipated game launching this year. Players who pre-purchase the Guild
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