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Not-for-profit organisation Women in Games Jobs has hired the former head of business development for New Media at Eidos as its first CEO. Gina Jackson, who has also worked at companies such as Kuju and Ocean Software, will work on developing partnerships and initiatives for the organisation to help encourage …

The general manager of Battlefield developer DICE has warned that fans will begin to abandon the FPS if developers don’t move to revolutionise” the increasingly stale” modern war setting. Gamers aren’t exactly short of modern military shooters. In the last 12 months alone the market has welcomed the likes of …

Disney has revealed an online ad safety campaign focused around its popular Club Penguin virtual world game. The move followsclaimsby Channel 4 that Sulake’s social network Habbo Hotel was a "paedophile haven", which led to the withdrawl of the company’s larget shareholder. According toThe Guardian, Club Penguin co-founder and Disney …

PriceWaterhouseCoopers has today confirmed to MCV that on Sunday the remaining GAME stores will close their doors for the last time. On 19th June, PwC had announced that the remaining stores wereslated to close, however until now no date had been set. The following day, on 20th June, PwC confirmed …

Habbo Hotel scandal prompts preventative measures in Club Penguin

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Namco Bandai has pushed back the European release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 to October. Eurogamer reports the distributor has confirmed the new release date of City Interactive’s stealth shooter sequel.Following previous delays the game was set to launch on August 21st for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, but is …

Capcom has announced Marvel vs Capcom Origins, a dual pack of 90’s fighting titles set to arrive as a digital affair on consoles later this year. The pack pairs together the original Marvel vs Capcom along with Marvel Super Heroes, and will hit PSN and XBLA in September according to …

The next episode of Telltale’s adventure game retelling of The Walking Dead arrives next month. The company announced the mid-August target for the third episode on a blog post earlier today that focused on addressing the tardiness of the second episode. Although we can’t give you an exact date at …

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