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GameStop-published titles may be made available via other retailers in certain countries, the company says. GameStop announced its GameTrust publishing arm earlier this week. It will release between five and ten games a year, including titles from established developers such as Insomniac, Ready at Dawn, Frozenbyte and Tequila Works. Its …

Former Vivendi, D3P and THQ exec Adam Roberts is back in the games industry. He has taken the role of European head of sales at QA firm Pole To Win International. Roberts has been involved in games since the early 1990s and has held senior roles at Vivendi (including EVP …

Sonic publisher seeking indie titles in London on May 5th

Mobile developer of Brave Frontier moved into Vancouver to strengthen Western output

The studio head of Gears of War 4 developer The Coalition has said the industry has ‘twisted’ what multiplayer betas mean. Speaking to MCV, Rod Fergusson said that thanks to the industry’s misuse of the word, when consumers see ‘beta’, they think it means ‘demo’. The studio head said The …

Reports in the Japanese press suggest that Tatsuya Minami, the president of developer Platinum Games, has stepped down from his role and currently left the company. Kotaku says that Japanese site Game Business reckons Minami left in March and that his position has been filled by former admin director Kenichi …

After 14 years and 12 games, Ratchet & Clank has become a solid if unspectacular franchise for PlayStation. Almost all of those titles are decent action platform games, and the series has a loyal group of die-hard fans. But it’s been a long time since the Lombax and his robot …

Armada Interactive has raised $3 million in investment from backers including Next Games and Initial Capital

Andrew Pruett, former global head of publisher relations and business development for Apple’s mobile advertising division, has been unveiled as the new CEO of NRG eSports. After more than a decade working in advertising, sales, and business development Pruett will now manage the eSports organisation full time. Having worked at …

Streaming platform DingIt.TV has announced that the successful CS:GO tournament Operation Kinguin will return for a third season. Starting on April 27th the third season of Operation Kinguin will feature a $20,000 prize pool, which 32 teams will be competing for. The season will feature 75 games across 40 different …