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Jagex’s long-running, massively popular MMO RuneScape is perhaps even more popular than we thought. The developer has announced their free-to-play MMO now boasts over 200m registered users from more than 150 countries since its launch in 2001. In that time users have logged some seven billion hours of playing time. …

Micosoft has announced fiscal results regarding the fiscal quarter ending June 30th, 2012. Although the company brought in a record of $18.06bn in revenue (compared to $17.37bn for the same quarter in 2011), it posted a net loss of $492m due to a ‘goodwill impairment charge’ of $6.2bn. The charge …

Industry giants campaigning against Federal law preventing same-sex marriage

Publisher sets up three-year initiative to support multi-platform development

Online sales jump by 127 per cent to offset falling retail revenues

Pottinger joined by ex-Robot Entertainment programmer John Evanson and former id Software artist Jason Sallenbach

Marketing director Alan Duncan has left SCE UK after almost 13 years at the platform holder. Duncan began his career in the games industry at GT Interactive in 1998, but joined Sony a year later as product manager. He then moved up to marketing manager and then marketing director, a …

MMO attracts players from players form 150 countries clocking up in excess of 443bn minutes in game time

Social mobile giant spills the beans on its plans for 2012 conference

Pilotwings Resort developer takes up the last spot with £2m in UK retail revenue in 2011