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Remembering David Lawson, one of the founding fathers of the UK games industry
In tribute to the Psygnosis co-founder who passed away earlier this year.
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Battling to stay online
As worrying details of the next gen emerge, what should we make of the recent Battlefield 1943 outage and EA's tardy response?
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