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Tim Langdell has until Friday October 15th to inform all licencees of his ‘edge’ trademark that he no longer has legal ownership of the name. A United States district judge made the order at the very end of what has been the most damaging and humiliating week in Langdell’s controversial …

The good people at Sports Interactive and equally delightful folk at Sega have provided five copies of Football Manager 2011 for you to take a shot at. Try your luck by answering the following question: Who was Manchester United manager before Sir Alex Ferguson? A) Matt Busby B) Ron Atkinson …

Speaking in an interview with Develop, BioShock creator Ken Levine has stated that he’s turned down the chance to co-develop games with Hollywood directors, adding that the game industry needs to grow out of being star-struck” from the film industry. I was offered the chance to make a game with …

Exspect is supporting the campaign against Breast Cancer with a range of new products. October is awareness month for the disease and the firm is launching a limited edition pink in-ear headphone set. This joins silicon skins and leather slipcases, which are already available from the company. Exspect is giving …

Counsellors are concerned by the rising number of those ‘addicted’ to video games. As computer addiction isn’t a recognised medical condition, some have called on the games industry to offer addicted players counselling and advice. The games industry should research the addictive impact of games playing on the health and …

The man at the centre of the Minecraft phenomenon has declined job offers at Valve and Bungie, opting instead to open his own independent development studio. Swedish programmer Markus Persson, whose solo effort Minecraft is apparently returning up to $350,000, is now looking to form a new start-up venture. It’s …

Digital retail group signs up to the UKâ??s fast-growing trade body

Sony has handed PSP2 development kits to a number of key studios, MCV’s sister site Develop has heard. It was claimed earlier this year that developers were shown the portable console, and Sony has since sent out dev kits to a number of development studios – both third-party and in-house. …

Evolution Studios director Mick Hocking presenting Sonyâ??s 3D vision on the big screen

Last chance to take advantage of reduced delegate price for London Games Conference on November 4th