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Publisher EA has appointed PrettyGreen as its retained UK PR agency. PR Week reports that PrettyGreen will manage both the EA Games Label and EA Maxis. It will oversee the launches of games such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Medal of Honor: Warfighter and The Sims 3: Supernatural. We …

Current titles matching the quality of animated films from eight years ago, says Star Wars 1313 dev

iOS and smartphone hit Temple Run has been downloaded over 100 million times since its release a year ago, developer Imangi has revealed. It adds that 11 per cent of the UK population has acquired the game. This is alongside 13 per cent of people in the US, Australia, South …

Second investment through regional growth fund targeted at North England developers

We talk to the new wave of studios reinvigorating the local development hub

We continue to profile the winners of last year’s Games Media Awards, as we speed towards the event on Thursday October 18th. This week we speak to Martin Gaston, the reviews editor at Videogamer.com, who was named the GMA Rising Star in 2011… How did it feel to win a …

Sega takes a second Gold media at UK retail as its official Olympics tie-in holds onto the No.1 spot of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The sports game enjoyed a 88 per cent rise is sales as Olympic fever sweeps Britain, while its Mario & Sonic sister title …

Former senior category manager for GAME Andy Pinder is to join HMV as its games category manager next month. The role was vacated by Martin Baxter back in April, who has since gone on to join digital retailer Green Man Gaming. Andy Pinder will report to head of technology and …

Violent video games are directly to blame for an increasing acceptance of violence in everyday society, an Australian police commissioner has claimed. The comments come in the wake of an apparent wave of stabbings amongst the younger communities of Sydney. There is nothing more potentially damaging than the sort of …

Sim City Social bears 'uncanny resemblance' to CityVille, says social games company