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Casual games title Mafia Wars 2 has suffered an exodus of players in November. Business Week reports that having hit a user peak of 2.5m daily active users in October. However, that number has tumbled by a massive 900k players in November according to AppData. The site goes on to …
Read More »Zynga IPO ‘could trigger staff exodus’
'Companies that treat talent as a commodity face severe consequences' says EA's head of HR Gabrielle Toledano
Read More »UK Government responds to Livingstone-Hope
The UK Government hasmade public its response to the Livingstone-Hope Skills Review, which in February this year made recommendations to include computer science into the national curriculum. The statement from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes 85 distinct responses to the Livingstone-Hope report, which itself set out twenty …
Read More »Rumour: Rovio shunned $2.25bn Zynga takeover
A new report from The New York Times claims that Angry Birds creators Rovio rebuffed an astonishing $2.25bn takeover offer from Zynga in the summer. The context placed on the revelation is that potentials targets are being scared off by a ruthless corporate culture that, while serving Zynga well on …
Read More »In full: UK Govt’s Livingstone-Hope response
Department for Culture, Media and Sport publishes eagerly awaited reply
Read More »UK online retail set for £13.5bn Xmas boom
It may be tough times on the High Street, but online retailers are expecting their most successful Xmas yet. IMRG and Kelkoo both estimate 13.5bn will be spent in the UK online during the next four weeks, up 14 per cent over 2010.And consumers will be spending earlier than ever …
Read More »Vaizey: UK needs to invest in dev talent
'The economic and cultural value of the UK's video games and VFX sectors presents a great opportunity for UK-based businesses'
Read More »Games retailers back eBay store
Online auction giant eBay is hitting the High Street this week with the support of at least two games retailers. Both Zavvi and Comet will have a presence at eBay’s temporary Christmas Boutique store in London’s West End from Thursday, December 1st to Monday, December 5th.Customers will be able to …
Read More »UK Gov: Computer teaching in schools "needs reform"
The Government has admitted that teaching children about computers is seriously "in need of reform". In an official response to the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen report published nine months ago, a lengthy statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport concedes that interactive computer teaching in the UK is "insufficiently …
Read More »Apple TV on the verge of going into production
Apple is close to beginning commercial manufacturing of the Apple TV set-top box for a late 2012 release, it has been reported. TheGuardianclaims that Japanese firm Sharp has been asked to begin commercial production of the TV’s in February, ready for sale in the second half of next year. Apple …
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