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As the boss of a huge publishing empire, Bobby Kotick simply doesn’t have the time to play games – that’s according to an official statement made by Activision in light of the quite savage attack made against CEO Bobby Kotick by cult games developer Tim Schafer yesterday. Tim Schafer’s comment …

In a busy hall at the Hilton Metropole in Brighton last night, the fifth annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards recognised a huge cross-section of talent from all over the European development sector. Among the award-winning studios and companies present, Unity Technologies took two trophies. The first was for Technical Innovation …

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Heavy Rain creator takes home a pair of prizes

The Kinect development director at Rare believes the industry’s principal control mechanism – the joypad – has grown too complex and complicated for the wider market. Speaking at the fifth annual Develop Conference in Brighton, Nick Burton said Joypads "have become convoluted, they have raised the bar to entry too …

Exactly one year after the closure of Midway Studios Newcastle, Robert Troughton has opened a new studio named Pitbull Studio Limited, of which he will serve as MD. The new studio name harks back to that of Midway Newcastle before it was brought up in 2006 – Pitbull Syndicate Limited. …

Sony has confirmed that it has now sold over 1m digital games through its bite-sized PlayStation Minis service since its launch in October 2009. The games, which can be downloaded through PSN, are compatible with both the PS3 and PSP are very much follow the template laid down by Apple’s …

Retailer GAME has lifted the lid on a brand new mobile content portal as it strives to increase its penetration into the digital content market. Users are now able to buy games, apps, wallpapers, videos and various other pieces of mobile content directly through their handsets. Gaming on the go …

For 28 years the Golden Joysticks has been the best industry social event of every Q4. It’s that one chance – ahead of the manic Christmas period – to kick back and consume unhealthy amounts of alcohol. Oh, and celebrate the biggest games of the last 12 months, of course. …

UPDATE: Hogarty has contacted MCV to inform us that he is no longer editor at PC Zone, having taken up a position at Gamereactor.eu last week. He adds that the September issue of PC Zone will be the last.ORIGINAL STORY: A report on PC games site Rock Paper Shotgun – …