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Second round of funding is good sign for games investment

The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference is just three days away, and if you haven’t registered yet, here’s some incentive. It’s the last day of registrations for NGDC, and those who sign up within the next 15 hours can do so for just Rs 1,700; that’s significantly lower than the standard …

Scott Forstall and John Browett leaving company in executive shake-up

Gabe Newell 2012 honouree at Night to Unite - for Kids gala

Publishing giant joins the war for the small screen

Studio bands together to help colleagues find work

Xbox’s official distributor Gem is offering 12 weeks of special promotions to independent retailers. Running right through the Christmas period and into January, the Xbox 360 Blitz Campaign features a range of exclusive offers including ‘buy one get one frees’, spot prizes, free items with orders and a lot more. …

Resignations reportedly leave developer as a shell of its former self

Wednesday’s launch of Assassin’s Creed III looks set to be one of the biggest game launches of 2012 – and, MCV reckons – possibly of all time in the UK. Ubisoft has revealed that over 900 stores will open their doors just before midnight tomorrow (Tuesday October 30th) across GAME, …

A damning new report into the work practices at developer Silicon Knights has claimed that as few as five staff remain at the studio. The extensive Kotaku report in which the claim is made investigates the turbulent development of X-Men: Destiny and makes a host of claims about the structure …