Many of you may know my opinions on the erosion of player rights, since I’m not shy about liberally spraying them all over the Internet. In particular, it seems to me, PC gamers have become the favourite chew-toy of publishers keen to hammer away at the coalface of piracy. I’ve stated before that I think that [...]

Valve have announced the availability of a mobile application version of their Steam games marketplace and social network. The app is now available for download from both Apple’s App Store and the Android Market . Valve have yet to comment on whether the app will eventually make an appearance on other mobile platforms, such as Microsoft’s Windows Phone [...]

Here at Citizen Game, we’re mighty fond of a bargain. But how do you know if a cheap or even free game is worth your valuable time? After all, you could be out walrus wrestling, or reading poetry to molluscs, or whatever it is important people do these days now that we no longer have an economy. Luckily, our [...]

Digital download gaming service Green Man Gaming have announced a deal with Gaikai, the streaming technology vendor, that will allow gamers to play demo versions of AAA PC titles directly in their browser. Players will be able to click straight through from the service’s Live Demo page into a version of one of the titles on [...]

Bad news for the UK game development community today, as Develop reports that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have closed portable gaming specialist BigBig Studios as part of a larger reorganisation of their British studio structure. Founded in 2001 by a group of former Codemasters employees and based in Leamington Spa, the studio was acquired by Sony [...]

Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kazuo Hirai has officially refuted the rumours that Sony would show their next-generation console platform at this year’s E3 trade show. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal at the CES show in Las Vegas, Hirai said that “Andy (chief executive of SCE) is absolutely right in that we are not making any [...]

Blizzard community manager Micah Whiple has confirmed the surprising news that hack and slash series Diablo will be making an appearance on some console platforms with the release of Diablo 3 . Responding to a question on Twitter, Whiple ( @bashiok) confirmed that veteran developer Josh Mosqueira of Relic Entertainment is heading up the company’s console push. Mosqueira’s [...]

Specialist video games retailer Game Group, which owns the high street chains Game and Gamestation, has seen shares tumble after announcing dire financial results today. It warned that continued poor results could mean it breaches its loan covenants. Shares took a significant hit in early trading on the London Stock Exchange, dropping more than 26 [...]

Bethesda Softworks is a big cheese in the games industry right now, having developed the overwhelmingly well-received open world RPG, as well as developing a nice sideline in publishing, bringing out Splash Damage’s Brink and id software’s Rage, among others. With all that excitement, you might be forgiven for forgetting that Bethesda also owns the rights [...]

Hail citizen, and well met. It’s been a while since we’ve had an organised game night, but our recent foray into creative destruction in Gears of War 3′s Horde mode got me thinking. What’s stopping us? It seems that most of the community are on Xbox 360, but this is an open thread for any [...]

Attention UK-ians, there’s no need to continue living in ignorance of the joy of hi-def streaming. Video rental service Netflix, fresh from conquering the US, has launched a service for all of us cowering under a bucket on these benighted shores. Available through Internet-connected televisions, PCs, the Xbox 360, PS3 and even the Wii, Netflix offers [...]

Ladies and gentleman, brothers and sisters, welcome to a very special Musical Showcase. This time, we’re not just bringing you a sample of the beautiful music awaiting you in the archives of game composing, but we’re giving you a chance to boost the public stature of one of gaming’s greatest talents in a very public [...]

Bethesda did a fantastic job of building a great player experience with their latest action RPG extravaganza, and as our fawning Skyrim review should go to show, we’re huge fans of their efforts. Still, there are niggling flaws that could do with a little hand to smooth out, so it’s a good job that the developers [...]

Hail, friend, and well met. Flagon of mead? Well, if you’re offering… Let me tell you a story then, since you’ve been so generous. There was this time, back before the bloody flying lizards started popping up everywhere, that I served the Jarl of this one-horse little market town called Whiterun. The chief was a jerk, always sending [...]

Here at Citizen Game, we’re mighty fond of a bargain . But how do you know if a cheap or even free game is worth your valuable time? After all, you could be out walrus wrestling, or reading poetry to molluscs, or whatever it is important people do these days now that we no longer have an economy. [...]