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Continuing our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, Aardvark Swift’s managing director Ian Goodall explains why the rise of social media will not kill off recruitment agencies. Social Media… Internal Recruiters: Is this the end of the road for Recruitment Agencies? We’re in a recession; companies are under …

AntiSec, one of the many internet hacking communities, has claimed that it has obtained the UDIDs and user details of 12m Apple users. UDID stands for ‘unique device identifier’ and is a 40-character code often used for app tracking and authentication purposes. DailyTech reports that the group obtained an FBI-owned …

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The boss of global games retailer GameStop doesn’t believe that both the Xbox 720 and PS4 will launch in 2013. "The Wii U, we expect it at holiday," CEO Paul Raines told Polygon. "This week, I’m getting a lot of rumours that are very interesting about 2013. We have not …

There are some who are of the opinion that Sony’s biggest mistake was not having a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy or Monster Hunter game ready for Vita’s Japanese launch. And that’s not a mistake that Nintendo intends to make. Andriasang reports that Square Enix will take to the Tokyo Game …

'Too big, too slow' to spot the opportunities, says MMO maker

Wargaming's CEO Kislyi on winning the publisher battle

Cloud-based, free-to-use coding tech to launch in beta at Intel Developer Day

The makers of upcoming DayZ contender The War Z have released a video of the game’s alpha gameplay footage. The answer to the obvious question is yes, The War Z looks very much like current open-world zombie favourite DayZ. Although, thankfully, the inventory system looks a lot easier to use. …

DISCLAIMER: This may not be quite what you were expecting. It is, as claimed, indeed a trailer for a movie adaptation of Devil may Cry. So we haven’t oversold it in that respect. But there are a couple of caveats. Firstly, the film is being made in Ghana. Not that …