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Former Codies studio execs Cheshire and Marshall leading new real-time games app firm

Rovio’s mobile phenomenon will swoop into living rooms this Christmas as Angry Birds Trilogy arrives on Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS. The compilation includes Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons and movie tie-in Angry Birds Rio, according to IGN. The trio have a combined sales count in the billions. Angry Birds …

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will launch in late October. Speaking at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference, the computing giant announced that the final consumer version of its latest operating system will launch October alongside the first run of its next-generation tablets and phones. Microsoft also announced that users …

Develop Conference: EA's John Riccitiello fears losing his job over falling stock

Germany’s largest games industry network, Gamecity:Hamburg, welcomes its biggest ever gathering at gamescom 2012. Gamecity: Hamburg will bring 11 Hamburg-based companies to its booth at the industry event in Cologne. Exhibitors under the Gamecity umbrella include Atlas Interactive Deutschland, Fishlabs Entertainment, InnoGames, Playa Games, and Taylor Wessing Deutschland. It is …

Microsoft’s new Kinect fitness initiative goes live today in the US. Kinect PlayFit takes the form of a new dashboard for Xbox 360 that keeps track of your efforts in compatible Kinect titles, aggregating all of the information in a single resource. Confirmed currently compatible games include Dance Central 2, …

PEGI will assume sole control from the end of the month

Yellow Monkey Studios is one of the few Indian indie game developers to have gained international prominence. Nearing its five year anniversary, the studio is hard at work finishing up its unannounced upcoming game, but the four-member team took some time out to talk about their journey over the years …

Visionary just sold Gaikai to Sony for $380m. Tomorrow hundreds will see him get top games honour

July 30th is the day that the full-blooded new PEGI age ratings system for video games will go live in the UK. Games released in the UK are currently rated by both PEGI and, if they contain mature content, the BBFC. PEGI will assume sole control from the end of …