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Gamescom organisers Koelnmesse is offering international visitors assistance to ensure they can get to Cologne in time for this year’s event. The firm is offering discounted flights with Lufthansa, as well as low-price tickets with Germanwings.com. Industry professionals can receive assistance with booking their trip by heading to the Travel …

Distributor Entatech has launched a new gaming initiative to help invigorate the peripherals market. The Ministry of Gaming will see the likes of AMD, Zotac, MadCatz, Gigabyte and others form a unique buying group. Each company has been specifically chosen by Entatech to represent a niche in the market and …

Studio focused on free-to-play multiplayer games exclusively for iOS

Andy Tomkins has been promoted to marketing director for Northern Europe at Electronic Arts. He replaces Stuart Lang. Lang moved to EA’s United States offices in April to become VP of North American marketing. Tomkins will report to Northern Europe VP and general manager Keith Ramsdale. Prior to this role, …

Develop Conference: Affordable and flexible services for smaller developers

Retailers can get free copies of 2K Games’ The Bureau: Xcom Declassified when they pre-order stock from Gem Distribution. The exclusive pre-order offer is available now to selected Gem customers on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and will run until the game launches on August 23rd. Stores can place their …

Latest SCEE academia scheme offers educators swift access to next-gen hardware

Xbox 360 owners that are currently beta testing the next dashboard update have reported that download games will be more expensive when the console abandons Microsoft Points. Microsoft announced it would be converting the Xbox 360’s currency system to real money last month, and is currently testing out the new …

Develop Conference: Studios must ensure they are agile enough to change, says Martin Frain

The number of HMV shoppers have almost halved over the last 12 weeks, claims retail analysts Kantar Worldpanel. The firm says that HMV has lost its place as the UK’s second biggest entertainment retailer (behind Amazon) to Tesco, which has been bolstered by gains in the DVD and Blu-ray space. …