Publishing

Publisher claims to be victim of political harassment

Julie Shumaker to report to chief marketing and revenue officer Jeff Karp

With the celebrations over, what happens next? The Develop team finds out

Rumours suggest that GameStop in North America has begun accepting and selling pre-owned Skylanders figures. Pixelitis claims to have word that the figures have a trade-in value of between $2 and $8 depending on wider availability. Re-sale values are said to range between $4.99 for something like Gill Grunt all …

250,000 voters choose EA for 2012 'golden poo' award

UK firm PQube will distribute motocross rally racer MUD in the UK on behalf of Black Bean. MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship is due to be released during Q2 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It’s been developed by Milestone, the studio responsible for the SBK and WRC racing …

The Witcher 2 will launch on 360 with the help of a 500,000 marketing push. Ads will run in games magazines including double-page spreads and four-page inserts up to mid-May, as well as a flipper cover and first review in OXM. An online campaign will include homepage takeovers and banners …

Our monthly studio recruitment update looks at Jagex, Bossa Studios and Tequila Works

Eleven start-ups get $20k and free office space to develop Kinect apps

'The controller is perfect' for most MMO interfaces, says Joel Bylos