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The insatiable online rumour mill is once again questioning the viability of John Riccitiello’s position at the top of EA. Rumours of discontent emerged yesterday when US analyst Michael Pachter claimed that Riccitiello had confessed to him that he feared for his job, adding that the exec doesn’t understand what …

Games industry pioneers of all shapes and sizes won Develop Awards last night. A gala ceremony in Brighton was attended by over 550 people from 150 companies, where they saw the likes of Moshi Monsters, Dear Esther and World of Tanks handed highly-coveted awards. Now in its tenth year, the …

Amazon has announced GameCircle, its own answer to rival services such as Apple’s GameCenter and Microsoft’s Xbox Live. GameCircle will offer Kindle Fire devs the ability to integrate achievements, trophies and leaderboards. Where it goes one better than its rivals, however, is its Sync function that stores game saves in …

Develop Awards hands prizes to indies, incumbents and innovators

A number of possible suitors for Activision Blizzard have reportedly been sounded out about a possible deal by Vivendi executives. Reuters reports that amongst the companies contacted are Microsoft, Time Warner and Chinese online giant Tencent, as well as a number of venture capitalists. Although a formal process has not …

The lead developer of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 says that the Wii U’s processor speed is maybe a little bit” slower than both the PS3 and Xbox 360. "As far as graphical processing and such, it’s not much of an issue. But as far as the CPU goes, the clock …

Former Ubisoft and LucasArts creative director breaks silence on new job

Capcom has slapped a release date on the Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken, sharing a few details on what Sony’s handheld will specifically bring to the port as well. Street Fighter X Tekken Vita hits on October 23rd, a little over six months after the launch of the …

Xseed has announced The Last Story will finally launch in North America. The action RPG is set to arrive August 14th on Wii for $49.99, the publisher toldIGN. It released in Europe some six months ago, and has been out for well over a year in Japan. Pre-order is available …

A PC release announcement for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has been provided courtesy of Activision. The downloadable title will be making its way onto PC ‘a few weeks’ after its launch on XBLA to kick of Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo. Meanwhile the PS3 release on PSN is still …