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Ben Cousins, the man behind EA’s successful forays into the free-to-play games market, has announced his departure from the publisher. In a brief statement issued on Twitter last night Cousins stated: "Battlefield Play4Free launches this week and it’s time for me to leave EA. Very proud of what I’ve achieved …

NCsoft and Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution have backed this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. MMO specialist NCsoft will sponsor the newly-added award for Digital Distribution Team. Meanwhile, the upcoming Deus Ex prequel will be Event Partner. The digital distribution category represents a sector that is important to us,” …

Syfy will publish it first social games later this year as the broadcaster aims for a larger share of that market. While no specific titles have been announced, they will all be based on Syfy programming and will initially be made available through Facebook in the US, according to Broadcasting …

Majesco reveals how their DS franchise is cooking up a storm in the social space

Publisher Deep Silver has confirmed that it is to change the Dead Island logo that will appear on the front of the game’s box when it is released later this year. IGN reports that the North American SKU will not feature the zombie hanging from a tree that has been …

Battlefield 3, Mountain Dew and InComm Europe are sponsoring the 2011 MCV Awards. The new EA game has teamed up with this year’s event as Trade Launch Partner. Card manufacturers InComm Europe and Britvic drink Mountain Dew have joined as Table Gift Partners. This is a great opportunity to support …

Blizzard Entertainment CEO Mike Morhaime has confirmed that its still unofficial and unnamed ‘next generation MMO’ will be based around completely original IP. He also discussed ‘Project Titan’, and confirmed that the game would be based around completely original IP. Internally we think of that as a next generation MMO," …

The powerhouse Transformers IP will next year get a brand new MMO following an agreement between casual behemoth Jagex and rights holder Hasbro. The game has been pencilled in for a 2012 release in Europe, North America, Latin America, New Zealand and Australia. Transformers is one of the most iconic …

Studio opens online games division, Insomniac Click

Zynga has begun a new charity initiative to help children affected by the devastating tsunami that has swept across Japan. The firm is introducing donation options within games such as CityVille, FarmVille, Zynga Poker, FrontierVille and Words with Friends. These games will have donation buttons appear as people purchase Facebook …