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News: Rawlinson joins Alliance Against IP Theft
- Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 11:48
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Michael Rawlinson, director general of the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, has been appointed vice chairman of the Alliance of IP Theft. The alliance is a group of 20 organisations and enforcement agencies dedicated to protecting the rights of IP owners. "With the UK games software industry alone estimated to lose £350 million annually as a result of IP theft, ELSPAs involvement has ... Full story
News: NewsCorp appoints games boss
- Monday, July 5, 2010, 13:00
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has hired Sean Ryan as the executive vice-president and general manager of its Digital Games division. While no concrete plans have been revealed, the new unit is to focus on social and mobile games, following NewsCorp's acquisition of Spymaster developer Irata Labs in May Full story
News: DDM launches social gaming division
- Friday, June 11, 2010, 5:36
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Digital Development Management has opened a new Connected Games division, in order to provide publishers with developers and advice for the emerging social games market. The San Francisco-based talent agency, whose current clients include Zombie Games, Ruffian Studios, Planet Moon Studios and Ninja Theory, now intends to represent developers of games for mobile platforms and services such as Facebook and Twitter. "At a time ... Full story
News: Sony to offer 10 free games to PSPgo users
- Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 13:27
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Sony has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it is offering a total of ten free games to new PSPgo users who register their system online after April 1. The deal includes Sony games Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm Arctic Edge, Wipeout Pure and Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice. Third party titles included in the deal are EA's FIFA 2010 World Cup and Need for Speed Shift, Rockstar's ... Full story
Sega Cuts US And UK Workforce
- Thursday, April 22, 2010, 18:56
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News: Byron "delighted" with PEGI introduction
- Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:05
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Tanya Byron, the author of the 2008 Byron Review into child safety online, has said she is "delighted" the Digital Economy Bill has been passed into law. "I am delighted to hear that the Digital Economy Bill received Royal Assent. Full story
News: VSC: PEGI introduction is "important moment"
- Thursday, April 8, 2010, 13:07
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Video Standards Council director general Laurie Hall has called the passing of the Digital Economy Act, which makes PEGI solely responsible for classifying games, an important moment that will strengthen child protection. Full story
News: MS confirms PrimeSense role in Natal tech
- Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 10:43
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Microsoft has confirmed that key 3D sensing and recognition technology used in Project Natal has come from Israeli company PrimeSense. Full story
News: Govt: Abertay "a centre of excellence for the games industry"
- Monday, February 22, 2010, 10:08
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UK minister Stephen Timms has called Scotland's University of Abertay a centre of excellence for the UK games business. The MP for Digital Britain highlighted the games industry's importance to the future growth of Dundee and Scotland, noting that local talent reaches worldwide audiences. "Scotland has rich heritage when it comes to computer games," said Timms Full story
News: Riccitiello: Hardware price cuts came "too late"
- Monday, February 8, 2010, 18:51
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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has told investors that part of the reason 2009 was a difficult year was because the first party companies - namely Microsoft and Sony - were too slow in cutting hardware prices. Speaking after the company released its Q3 results - and guidance which Riccitiello branded as "conservative" for the next fiscal year - he added that other factors ... Full story
We’ve seen reports from a number of day-one strategists who’ve already sunk a few hours into the single-player campaign of StarCraft 2 , all hinting at the existence of an in-game homage to one of Blizzard’s earlier franchises: The Lost Vikings .
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Who says developer diaries have to give behind-the-scenes looks at specific games?
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The Rock Band Twitter account has been a real beehive of activity as of late. No wonder, considering Harmonix has slowly been teasing new artists coming to Rock Band 3 . So far, Tears for Fears, Marilyn Manson, The B-52s and Def Leppard have been confirmed for the game
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