GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 24th May 2010

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Today's top stories

Halo: Reach gets September release

13:24 - Beta played by 2.7 million players, says Bungie

Jobling: Free-to-play is like the early days of 8-bit

08:35 - VC's see developers as online content providers of the future, says COO; studio may self publish again after 14 years

Court approves Midway liquidation

08:44 - Creditors circle corpse of veteran publisher as last rites approved by US judge

Today's feature

Grand Thrift Auto

Eutechnyx' Darren Jobling discusses the business behind fee-to-play racing MMO Auto Club Revolution

The rest of today's news

Red Dead Redemption number one in UK charts

10:51 - Rockstar's western adventure moseys into top slot as Split/Second takes fifth place

Privates neutered for Xbox Live Arcade

09:11 - Microsoft warns against Zombie Cow and Channel 4's sex education game

Report: J Allard "unlikely" to return to Microsoft

09:45 - Rumours claim ex-Xbox frontman is on sabbatical after failed PC tablet project

MySpace sets up Games Lab pilot

17:23 - Social network "focused on enhancing our social gaming platform" by closer dev collaboration

Nintendo supports Edinburgh Interactive 2010

10:33 - EIF to feature event partnership with Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival

Recent features

Facebook's Triumph

Farmville creator Zynga has reaffirmed its commitment to Facebook - clearing the path to the next stage in the platform's evolution

Special Reserve

Port Plexus COO Marko Hein explains why Special Editions have a strong future at retail

GameHorizon's Carri Cunliffe

The conference organiser discusses the big themes and speakers for 2010

Butterfly Effect

BioWare's Adrien Cho discusses the realities of managing the workload on the Mass Effect franchise

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