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Namco Bandai European MD and senior VP Olivier Comte has joined Dofus and Wakfu creator Ankama. He becomes the company’s chief operating officer and group MD. Comte had spent four years at Namco, before which he enjoyed a five year stint at Atari. It has also been confirmed that Ankama …

Former Namco Bandai executive takes key position at French entertainment group

Who’s the bigger team – Chelsea or Liverpool? What about David Bowie vs Andy Warhol? Do you prefer Red Bull or Coca-cola? On October 15ththe Licensing.biz Power List will definitively list the 100 most powerful names on the planet, across Character & Entertainment, Brands, Art & Design and Sports categories. …

Trade Body 'flattered', but distances itself from renewed discussions

Ubisoft in gathering together all of its Assassin’s Creed games in a single SKU. It’s called the Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection and will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and arrive in the UK on November 8th. Included in the SKU are Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II (Game …

Rockstar North has revealed a team of 1,000+ developers worked on Grand Theft Auto V. In an interview with sister-site Develop, studio president Leslie Benzies confirmed the monster team that worked on what has since become the fastest selling game in UK history. "It’s probably more, much more," said Benzies. …

For the first time in the history of Ofcom’s Children and Parents Media Use and Attitudes Report a decline in UK console ownership has been discovered. The latest edition of the Report says that 87 per cent of children live in a household with a fixed or portable games console …

Studio director Andy Semple and president Leslie Benzies take us through how the developer operates

The GallantCloud Games team chronicles their journey through the Microsoft Venture accelerator

The ‘leaked’ specs for the PC versions of Watch Dogs that appeared online yesterday were not official, one of the game’s developers has stated. These are not official configs,” graphics technical director Sebastien Viard said on Twitter. The real specs out soon and will be lower than [these] ones.” Much …