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GamesAid has released its annual video talking to the charities it has supported with the help of games industry donations. The six charities featured this year were Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Lifelites, Volunteer Centre Sutton: MAPS, SpecialEffect and The Willow Foundation. Each one received a donation of 29,000 in 2011 …

Zenimax Online Studios comes out of hiding with new entry in critically acclaimed series

After years of rumour, denials, more rumours and more denials, an Elder Scrolls MMO has finally been confirmed. The first details on Bethesda’s entry into the online games space will be in the June issue of Game Informer, and will reportedly cover the entire continent of Tamriel, including Skyrim, Morrowind …

But takeover rumours dispelled by sources 'with knowledge of the matter'

Home page now categorises jobs by sector

'It takes billions of dollars to create a system and takes years to get your money back', says Red 5 Studios CEO

Ste Pickford believes Tiga's latest guide to self publishing, which costs £120, shows how far removed the industry is from its co-operative and collaborative roots

Labour MP and long-term opponent of the games industry Keith Vaz has tabled his FIFTH early day motion about violent video games. This time the parliamentarian is using Andres Breivik’s admission that he played Call of Duty as the ammunition for his attack. That this House is reminded of the …

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has unleashed a vicious verbal assault on leading global publisher EA. He was seemingly provoked by EA’s new Indie Bundle on Steam which includes indie titles EA has previously digitally published such as Shank and DeathSpank. EA releases an ‘indie bundle’? That’s not how that …

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