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Jason West and Vince Zampella may have received 'tens of millions', suggests analyst

But games business shows operating loss of £13m

Sega has seen its Q2 profits leap year-on-year . Sega Sammy generated 569m for the last quarter ending June 30th, 2012, a 7.1 per cent increase over the same period the year before. Profits reached 20.3m, which is up over an 18m loss last year. The company reports ‘weak’ demand …

E-Xpress Interactive, one of India’s largest video game distributors, held its annual trade showcase in Mumbai last week, which was attended by several top retailers. Company director Amit Khemani kicked things off by detailing the Max Payne 3 success story in India, highlighting the game’s marketing and PR campaign in …

Eligible organisations for funding must be UK registered with a focus on children and young adults GamesAid is inviting its members to vote for which charity they would like to see receive financial support in its next round of funding. Nominations began yesterday and will end on Monday August 13th. …

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture follows up indie hit by Develop Award-winning studio

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ArmA II’s mod monster DayZ is rapidly closing in on 1m registered users, so where does it go from here? Creator Dean Hall touched on a variety of topics regarding his smash hit with VG247, including what has to happen for the title to go standalone and the possibility of …

Ex-Infinty Ward employees Jason West and Vince Zampella may have received a settlement payment from Activision worth ‘tens of millions.’ The settlement came suddenly back in June, following a long run of bitter exchanges and reveals between the two parties that seemed to have them destined for a brawl in …

Microsoft’s Surface tablet will arrive alongside Windows 8 in late October. CNET reports the company confirmed the release date in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week. "The next version of our operating system, Windows 8, will be generally available on October 26, …